Cutaneous melanoma and precursor lesions
In recent years much progress has been made in knowledge and understanding of the biology of cutaneous melanoma. A post-graduate Boerhaave course "Cutaneous Melanoma and Precursor Lesions" was held at Leiden University on 12 and 13 April,.
eBook, English, 1984
Nijhoff ; Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Kluwer Academic, [Place of publication not identified], Hingham, MA, USA, 1984
1 online resource
9780898386899, 0898386896
1012449784
I: Fundamental Aspects.- The epidemiology of melanoma.- The molecular biology of carcinogenesis.- Human melanoma associated antigens identified with monoclonal antibodies: characterization and potential clinical application.- Cellular and molecular parameters of tumor progression in human malignant melanoma.- Immune responses to human malignant melanoma.- II: Diagnosis and Prognostic Factors..- Clinical diagnosis of cutaneous melanomas.- Patient’s and doctor’s delay in diagnosing and treating malignant melanoma of the skin.- Histopathology of cutaneous malignant melanoma.- Immunohistopathological aspects of cutaneous melanoma and precursor lesions.- Prognostic factors for cutaneous melanoma.- III: Treatment.- Incidence of recurrence and survival in clinical stage I patients with melanoma after local excision.- Longterm results of randomized trial comparing immediate versus delayed node dissection in stage I melanoma of the limbs.- Local excision and regional perfusion in high-risk stage-I malignant melanoma of the extremities.- The use of chemotherapy in the management of patients with malignant melanoma.- Radiotherapy of malignant melanoma.- IV: Precursor Lesions.- Congenital nevocelular nevi.- Clinical aspects of the dysplastic nevus syndrome.- Histopathological aspects of dysplastic nevi.- Critical remarks on the dysplastic naevus syndrome.- Index of subjects.
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