Surgical Management of Melanoma

Jennifer A. Wargo; Kenneth Tanabe

doi:10.1016/j.hoc.2009.03.002

Surgical Management of Melanoma

Jennifer A. Wargo, Kenneth Tanabe

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Abstract

Melanoma is an increasing health care problem worldwide. Up to 80,000 cases of melanoma are diagnosed per year and it is the sixth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. The lifetime risk is estimated to be 1 in 75 individuals for the development of melanoma. Surgery remains the mainstay of treatment of melanoma, and in most cases it is curative. Several important surgical issues are discussed in this review, including the extent of surgical margins, Mohs micrographic surgery for melanoma in situ, the use of sentinel lymph node biopsy, the usefulness of lymphadenectomy, isolated limb perfusion, and the role of metastasectomy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	565-581
Number of pages	17
Journal	Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America
Volume	23
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hoc.2009.03.002
State	Published - Jun 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Lymphadenectomy
Margins
Melanoma
Sentinel node
Surgery

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Hematology
Oncology

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