Overview
- Concise, up-to-date overview of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of melanoma
- Reviews advances in basic science
- Covers current and evolving treatment strategies in the adjuvant, metastatic, and preventive settings
- Discusses the treatment of special populations and rare variants?
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research (CTAR, volume 167)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Melanoma is one of the most types of cancer. When melanoma is detected at an early stage, treatment is highly successful, but outcomes can be poor when the disease is advanced. There has been significant progress in our understanding of the molecular biology, genetics, and immunology of melanoma over the past decade. This has been accompanied by rapid advances in therapeutic strategies for patients with melanoma. This book provides the clinician and the researcher with a broad understanding of the molecular and cellular pathogenesis of melanoma, explores the clinical characteristics and criteria for clinical and pathological staging of the disease, and provides an overview of current and evolving treatment strategies in the adjuvant, metastatic, and preventive settings. The treatment of special populations and rare variants of melanoma that often present particular clinical challenges is also covered. Authored by international experts in melanoma biology and clinical management, this volume concisely explains how to diagnose, treat, and prevent melanoma while reviewing advances in basic science and providing an overview of innovative approaches still under development.
Reviews
“The purpose is to provide dermatologists with up-to-date management of all types of melanoma. The audience is dermatologists. … All in all, this is an excellent resource on diagnosing and treating all stages and complexities of melanoma.” (Patricia Wong, Doody's Book Reviews, May, 2016)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Melanoma
Editors: Howard L. Kaufman, Janice M. Mehnert
Series Title: Cancer Treatment and Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22539-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-22538-8Published: 01 December 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34637-3Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-22539-5Published: 24 November 2015
Series ISSN: 0927-3042
Series E-ISSN: 2509-8497
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 416
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 31 illustrations in colour
Topics: Oncology, Dermatology, Surgery, Pediatrics