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Cutaneous Melanoma

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Editors:
  1. Charles Balch

    1. Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, USA

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  2. Michael Atkins

    1. Georgetown Medical Center, Washington, USA

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  3. Claus Garbe

    1. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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  4. Jeffrey Gershenwald

    1. Division of Surgery, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

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  5. Allan C. Halpern

    1. Department of Dermatology, Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, USA

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  6. John M. Kirkwood

    1. Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

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  7. Grant A. McArthur

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

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  8. John F. Thompson

    1. Melanoma Institute of Australia, Wollstonecraft, Australia

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  9. Arthur J. Sober

    1. Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical Center, Boston, USA

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  • Sixth edition includes three new chapters and remaining chapters extensively updated and revised to include the latest clinical, radiological, and pathological data and clinical trial advances
  • Written by leading melanoma experts from the United States, Australia, and Europe
  • Incorporates clinical outcomes of more than 70,000 patients treated at major melanoma centers throughout the world
  • Is the definitive and most authoritative textbook on melanoma used worldwide
  • Offers the reader a balanced perspective of the risks and benefits involved in each treatment modality

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Table of contents (52 entries)

  1. A History of Melanoma: From Hunter to Morton

    • Arthur J. Sober, Charles M. Balch, John F. Thompson, John M. Kirkwood

  2. Acquired Precursor Lesions and Phenotypic Markers of Increased Risk for Cutaneous Melanoma

    • Cristian Navarrete-Dechent, Alon Scope, Hensin Tsao, Nadeem G. Marghoob, Arthur J. Sober, Ashfaq A. Marghoob

  3. Acral Lentiginous Melanoma

    • Yukiko Teramoto, Hector Martinez-Said, Jun Guo, Claus Garbe

  4. Adjuvant Systemic Therapy for High-Risk Melanoma Patients

    • Yana G. Najjar, Ryan Massa, Vernon K. Sondak, Alexander M. M. Eggermont, Helen Gogas, John M. Kirkwood

  5. Axillary and Epitrochlear Lymph Node Dissection for Melanoma

    • Sandra L. Wong, Douglas S. Tyler, Charles M. Balch, John F. Thompson, Kelly M. McMasters

  6. Biology of Melanocytes and Primary Melanoma

    • M. Raza Zaidi, David E. Fisher, Helen Rizos

  7. Biomarkers for Melanoma

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

  8. Biopsy of Suspected Melanoma

    • Noah Smith, Timothy M. Johnson, John W. Kelly, Arthur Sober, Christopher Bichakjian

  9. Biopsy of the Sentinel Lymph Node

    • Mark B. Faries, Alistair J. Cochran, Michael McLemore, Vernon K. Sondak, Sandra Wong, John F. Thompson

  10. Cellular Therapy for Melanoma

    • Udai S. Kammula, Michael T. Lotze

  11. Checkpoint Inhibitors in the Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma

    • Alison Weppler, Peter Lau, Grant McArthur

  12. Classification and Histopathology of Melanoma

    • Richard A. Scolyer, Victor G. Prieto, David E. Elder, Alistair J. Cochran, Martin C. Mihm Jr

  13. Clinical Epidemiology of Melanoma

    • Catherine M. Olsen, David C. Whiteman

  14. Clinical Genetics and Risk Assessment of Melanoma

    • V. Bataille, H. Tsao, S. Raimondi, S. Gandini

  15. Clinical Presentations of Melanoma

    • Allan C. Halpern, Ashfaq A. Marghoob, Arthur Sober, Victoria Mar, Michael A. Marchetti

  16. Cytokines (IL-2, IFN GM-CSF etc) Melanoma

    • John B. A. G. Haanen, Ryan J. Sullivan, John Kirkwood, Michael B. Atkins, Douglas J. Schwartzentruber

  17. Dermatological Complications of Systemic Therapies for Melanoma

    • Egle Ramelyte, Reinhard Dummer, Cristina Libenciuc, Gregory S. Phillips, Mario E. Lacouture, Caroline Robert

  18. Dermoscopy/Confocal Microscopy

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

  19. Diagnosis of Stage IV Melanoma

    • Ahmad A. Tarhini, Sanjiv S. Agarwala, Arjun Khunger, Richard L. Wahl, Charles M. Balch

  20. Evolving Role of Chemotherapy-Based Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma

    • Sanjiv S. Agarwala, Mark R. Middleton, Michael B. Atkins
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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

  • Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, USA

    Charles Balch

  • Georgetown Medical Center, Washington, USA

    Michael Atkins

  • Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Claus Garbe

  • Division of Surgery, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

    Jeffrey Gershenwald

  • Department of Dermatology, Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, USA

    Allan C. Halpern

  • Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

    John M. Kirkwood

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

    Grant A. McArthur

  • Melanoma Institute of Australia, Wollstonecraft, Australia

    John F. Thompson

  • Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical Center, 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 majorleadership 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
Richard Kefford, MD, University of Sydney, 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 Balch, Michael Atkins, Claus Garbe, Jeffrey Gershenwald, Allan C. Halpern, John M. Kirkwood, Grant A. McArthur, John F. Thompson, … Arthur J. Sober

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46029-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference Medicine, Reference Module Medicine

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-46029-1Due: 03 February 2019

  • Topics: Oncology, Dermatology

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