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Cutaneous Melanoma

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Editors:
  1. Charles M. Balch

    1. Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

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  2. Michael B. Atkins

    1. Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, USA

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  3. Claus Garbe

    1. Centre for Dermatooncology, Department of Dermatology, Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany

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  4. Jeffrey E. Gershenwald

    1. Departments of Surgical Oncology and Cancer Biology, Melanoma and Skin Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

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  5. Allan C. Halpern

    1. Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

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  6. John M. Kirkwood

    1. Departments of Medicine, Dermatology, and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, USA

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  7. Grant A. McArthur

    1. Divisions of Cancer Medicine and Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia

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  8. John F. Thompson

    1. Melanoma Institute Australia, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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  9. Arthur J. Sober

    1. Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

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  • Offers complete coverage from precursors to advance stages

  • Explores the risks and benefits of each treatment modality

  • Incorporates clinical outcomes of more than 70,000 patients

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (52 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. Biology and Immunology of Melanoma

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Biology of Melanocytes and Primary Melanoma

      • M. Raza Zaidi, David E. Fisher, Helen Rizos
      Pages 3-40

    3. Immunology of Melanoma

      • Paul F. Robbins, Yong-Chen Lu
      Pages 41-72

    4. Biomarkers for Melanoma

      • Dirk Schadendorf, Keith T. Flaherty, Lyn M. Duncan, Mohammed Kashani-Sabet, Selma Ugurel
      Pages 73-104

  3. Diagnosis and Staging

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. Clinical Presentations of Melanoma

      • Allan C. Halpern, Ashfaq A. Marghoob, Arthur J. Sober, Victoria Mar, Michael A. Marchetti
      Pages 107-144

    3. Dermoscopy/Confocal Microscopy for Melanoma Diagnosis

      • Katie J. Lee, Nicola di Meo, Oriol Yélamos, Josep Malvehy, Iris Zalaudek, H. Peter Soyer
      Pages 145-194

    4. Biopsy of Suspected Melanoma

      • Noah Smith, Timothy M. Johnson, John W. Kelly, Arthur J. Sober, Christopher Bichakjian
      Pages 195-203

    5. Lymphoscintigraphy in Patients with Melanoma

      • Roger F. Uren, Omgo E. Nieweg, John F. Thompson
      Pages 205-237

    6. Biopsy of the Sentinel Lymph Node

      • Mark B. Faries, Alistair J. Cochran, Michael McLemore, Vernon K. Sondak, Sandra L. Wong, John F. Thompson
      Pages 239-270

    7. Melanoma Prognosis and Staging

      • Emily Z. Keung, Charles M. Balch, John F. Thompson, John M. Kirkwood, Richard A. Scolyer, Vernon K. Sondak et al.
      Pages 271-297

    8. Models for Predicting Melanoma Outcome

      • Lauren E. Haydu, Phyllis A. Gimotty, Daniel G. Coit, John F. Thompson, Jeffrey E. Gershenwald
      Pages 299-314

  4. Pathology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 315-315
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    2. Classification and Histopathology of Melanoma

      • Richard A. Scolyer, Victor G. Prieto, David E. Elder, Alistair J. Cochran, Martin C. Mihm
      Pages 317-379

    3. Molecular Pathology and Genomics of Melanoma

      • Klaus Georg Griewank, Rajmohan Murali, Thomas Wiesner
      Pages 381-422

  5. Epidemiology and Prevention of Melanoma

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 423-423
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    2. Clinical Epidemiology of Melanoma

      • Catherine M. Olsen, David C. Whiteman
      Pages 425-449

    3. Molecular Epidemiology of Melanoma

      • Anne E. Cust, Hensin Tsao, Marianne Berwick, Graham J. Mann, Mark M. Iles
      Pages 451-469

    4. Clinical Genetics and Risk Assessment of Melanoma

      • V. Bataille, Hensin Tsao, S. Raimondi, S. Gandini
      Pages 471-499
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About this book

Written by the leading melanoma experts from the United States, Australia, and Europe, this new edition incorporates the clinical outcomes of more than 70,000 patients treated at major melanoma centers throughout the world and is the definitive and most authoritative textbook on melanoma used worldwide. Providing the most up-to-date and comprehensive information needed for the clinical management and scientific study of melanoma, Cutaneous Melanoma, 6th edition covers everything from precursors of melanoma to advanced stages of metastatic disease. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

    Charles M. Balch

  • Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, USA

    Michael B. Atkins

  • Centre for Dermatooncology, Department of Dermatology, Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany

    Claus Garbe

  • Departments of Surgical Oncology and Cancer Biology, Melanoma and Skin Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

    Jeffrey E. Gershenwald

  • Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

    Allan C. Halpern

  • Departments of Medicine, Dermatology, and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, USA

    John M. Kirkwood

  • Divisions of Cancer Medicine and Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia

    Grant A. McArthur

  • Melanoma Institute Australia, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    John F. Thompson

  • Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Arthur J. Sober

About the editors

Dr. Charles M. Balch, M.D., FACS, Professor of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, was previously Deputy Director for Clinical Trials and Outcomes Research at Johns Hopkins Institute and Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). He has led a distinguished career as a clinical and academic oncologist for the past 35 years, as a leading authority in both melanoma and breast cancer. He has also made significant contributions to laboratory research in tumor immunology and human T lymphocyte differentiation. He is author of over 700 publications, which have been cited over 20,000 times in the biomedical literature, and has lectured in over 35 different countries in the world and most of the major academic centers in the United States. Dr. Balch is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Annals of Surgical Oncology (Springer), which is recognized as the leading journal in the world in its field. He also held major leadership roles involving clinical research in three comprehensive cancer centers (University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Texas M D Anderson, and the City of Hope National Medical center).

Jeffrey Gershenwald, MD, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Surgical Oncology
John Thompson, MD, Melanoma Institute of Australia, Surgical Oncology 
Michael Atkins, MD, Georgetown Medical Center, Medical Oncology
John Kirkwood, MD, University of Pittsburgh, Medical Oncology
Arthur Sober, MD, Harvard Medical Center, Dermatology
Allan Halpern, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Dermatology
Claus Garbe, University Hospital, Tuebingen, Dermatology

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cutaneous Melanoma

  • Editors: Charles M. Balch, Michael B. Atkins, Claus Garbe, Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, Allan C. Halpern, John M. Kirkwood, Grant A. McArthur, John F. Thompson, … Arthur J. Sober

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05070-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Reference Module Medicine

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-05068-9Published: 29 January 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-05070-2Published: 28 January 2020

  • Edition Number: 6

  • Number of Pages: XXIX, 1510

  • Number of Illustrations: 70 b/w illustrations, 301 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Oncology, Dermatology

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