Cutaneous Melanoma
A Pocket Guide for Diagnosis and Management
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Specialties, Oncology
| Author: | ISBN: | 9780128040317 | |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science | Publication: | August 15, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Academic Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9780128040317 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science |
| Publication: | August 15, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Academic Press |
| Language: | English |
Cutaneous Melanoma: A Pocket Guide for Diagnosis and Management serves as an easy-to-consult, short, and schematic reference providing guidelines for diagnosing and managing melanoma in the context of various clinical scenarios. In the daily routine of a busy clinician, there is a need for schematic reference tools that allow quick consultation for immediate decisions. Melanoma is a deadly disease that should be promptly managed following precise and evidence-based guidelines.
The guide contains many schematics and figures, vastly outnumbering the pages dedicated to text. This guide follows the sequence of a real clinical setting, going from the first screening visit to the final stages of terminal patients.
- Provides a quick-access resource for diagnosis and treatment of melanoma patients at all stages
- Includes succinct guidelines, schematics, and figures for busy clinicians
- Concludes with a section addressing special clinical situations, including melanoma in pregnancy, pediatric melanoma, familial melanoma and MPM, atypical Spitz tumor, occult primary melanoma, and the histopathologic gray zone
Cutaneous Melanoma: A Pocket Guide for Diagnosis and Management serves as an easy-to-consult, short, and schematic reference providing guidelines for diagnosing and managing melanoma in the context of various clinical scenarios. In the daily routine of a busy clinician, there is a need for schematic reference tools that allow quick consultation for immediate decisions. Melanoma is a deadly disease that should be promptly managed following precise and evidence-based guidelines.
The guide contains many schematics and figures, vastly outnumbering the pages dedicated to text. This guide follows the sequence of a real clinical setting, going from the first screening visit to the final stages of terminal patients.
- Provides a quick-access resource for diagnosis and treatment of melanoma patients at all stages
- Includes succinct guidelines, schematics, and figures for busy clinicians
- Concludes with a section addressing special clinical situations, including melanoma in pregnancy, pediatric melanoma, familial melanoma and MPM, atypical Spitz tumor, occult primary melanoma, and the histopathologic gray zone
