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Clinical Management of Primary Cutaneous Melanoma

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Surgical management continues to provide the mainstay of treatment for patients with early melanoma. In this chapter the authors describe the surgical approach to primary cutaneous melanoma lesions, including sentinel lymph node biopsy. These techniques are not only potentially curative but also provide the prognostic information necessary for subsequent treatment decisions. The current recommendations for the surgical management of early melanoma based on randomized prospective clinical trials, as well as future directions, are reviewed.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Sonia Cohen

  2. Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Kenneth Tanabe

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  1. Harvard/MGH Cutaneous Biology Research C Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    David E. Fisher

  2. Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA

    Boris C. Bastian

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  1. Henri and Belinda Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies, MGH Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Keith T. Flaherty

  2. Departments of Dermatology and Pathology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Boris C. Bastian

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Cohen, S., Tanabe, K. (2018). Clinical Management of Primary Cutaneous Melanoma. In: Fisher, D., Bastian, B. (eds) Melanoma. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7322-0_7-1

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