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Concepts in Melanoma

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Melanoma is one of the most common malignancies diagnosed and treated in the United States. This chapter reviews the principles of primary cutaneous melanoma diagnosis and excision, approach to the draining nodal basins, adjunct therapies, and management of recurrences and distant metastases.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Leah Kathryn Winer & Jeffrey J. Sussman

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Carol E. H. Scott-Conner

  2. Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center/Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, USA

    Andreas M. Kaiser

  3. Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA

    Ninh T. Nguyen

  4. Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Umut Sarpel

  5. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Sonia L. Sugg

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Winer, L.K., Sussman, J.J. (2022). Concepts in Melanoma. In: Scott-Conner, C.E.H., Kaiser, A.M., Nguyen, N.T., Sarpel, U., Sugg, S.L. (eds) Chassin's Operative Strategy in General Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81415-1_122

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