New Trends in Cutaneous Melanoma Surgery

The main surgical treatment for melanoma consists in wide surgical excision of the primary lesion and the sentinel node but in recent times management of melanoma is rapidly evolving with the introduction of new systemic therapies, like BRAF inhibitors, MEK inhibitors and antibodies anti-PD-1 that s...

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Published inOpen access Macedonian journal of medical sciences Vol. 7; no. 18; pp. 3090 - 3092
Main Authors Scala, Jacopo, Vojvodic, Aleksandra, Vojvodic, Petar, Vlaskovic-Jovicevic, Tatjana, Peric-Hajzler, Zorica, Matovic, Dusica, Dimitrijevic, Sanja, Vojvodic, Jovana, Sijan, Goran, Stepic, Nenad, Wollina, Uwe, Tirant, Michael, Thuong, Nguyen Van, Fioranelli, Massimo, Lotti, Torello
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published North Macedonia Republic of Macedonia 30.09.2019
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Review
Surgery
Cutaneous
Melanoma
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Summary:The main surgical treatment for melanoma consists in wide surgical excision of the primary lesion and the sentinel node but in recent times management of melanoma is rapidly evolving with the introduction of new systemic therapies, like BRAF inhibitors, MEK inhibitors and antibodies anti-PD-1 that show good results in controlling even advanced stages of the disease. This review aims to present data for the optimal surgical management of patients with malignant melanoma.
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ISSN:1857-9655
1857-9655
DOI:10.3889/oamjms.2019.828