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21141087

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-12-10
pubmed:abstractText
Cutaneous melanoma is the most aggressive skin malignancies with increasing rate of incidence in the latest decades. New imaging technique plays an important role in melanoma management: dermoscopy and computer dermoscopy, ultrasound, MRI, CT, PET and PET/CT. Due to the dermoscopy and lesion diagnosis in early stages the increasing number of curative melanoma are registered. Sentinel lymph node biopsy became a compulsory phase for patients with tumor thickness > 1 mm. Serological biomarkers proved to be a necessary investigation for melanoma diagnosis, follow-up and treatment response. Current TNM melanoma staging is based on AJCC classification since 2001 witch includes new elements like histopathologic ulceration in stage I and II and lymph node micro- and macrometastases in stage III. Treatment protocols include surgical tumor excision with only 1-2 cm safety margins and radical lymphadenectomy is performed after positive sentinel lymph node biopsy. The adjuvant treatment in advanced stages including chemotherapy, unspecific immunotherapy and interferon offers poor results regarding free disease terms rate of survival. The advanced therapeutic procedure like golden nanospheres and gene therapy are recently studied and represent an alternative for future treatment of melanoma. Follow-up protocols have a great importance for detection of the melanoma recurrences and include clinical, serological and imaging evaluation. Despite all new knowledge and technological support the advanced stage melanoma management still remain an unsolved problem.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1221-9118
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
105
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
637-43
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnosis and treatment protocols of cutaneous melanoma: latest approach 2010.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery, University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Romania. inapetrescu@yahoo.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review