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[Follow-up for cutaneous melanoma]
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 1196966
Author(s) Kettelhack,C
Author(s) at UniBasel Kettelhack, Christoph
Year 2008
Title [Follow-up for cutaneous melanoma]
Journal Therapeutische Umschau
Volume 65
Number 6
Pages / Article-Number 335-340
Abstract Surgical treatment of primary cutaneous melanoma has significantly changed in the last decades. Tumors are excised with lateral margins of 1-2 cm depending on the depth of tumor infiltration, and reconstructive procedures for defect closure are rarely necessary. Elective lymph node dissection has been replaced by the sentinel lymph node procedure and radical lymph node dissection is restricted to patients with positive lymph nodes. Follow-up of melanoma has been adapted to the individual risk profile of the patient. In early stage melanoma only clinical follow-up examinations are warranted. Ultrasound investigations of the regional lymph nodes is recommended for patients with locally advanced melanoma and with lymph nodes metastases. CT-scans, MRI and PET/CT are recommended only for stage III patients and it has to be taken into account that these evaluations may have only limited value regarding the prognosis of the patients. In stage IV melanoma, the follow-up scheme should be adapted to the individual needs of the patient.
Publisher Hans Huber
ISSN/ISBN 0040-5930
edoc-URL http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A6007126
Full Text on edoc No
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1024/0040-5930.65.6.335
PubMed ID http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18622957
ISI-Number MEDLINE:18622957
Document type (ISI) Journal Article
 
   

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