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Elsevier Melanoma An Issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery 1st Edition by Gastman, Brian R.
This issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery, Guest Edited by Drs. Brian R. Gastman and Michael W. Neumeister, is dedicated to Melanoma. This issue is one of four selected each year. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Melanoma risk factors and prevention, Biology and signaling pathways of melanoma, Immunobiology of melanoma, Clinical diagnosis and classification, Histopathologic and molecular diagnosis of melanoma, AJCC staging and other platforms to assess prognosis and risk, Current treatment guidelines of primary melanoma including wide excision and use of sentinel node biopsy, Dermatologic follow-up and assessment of suspicious lesions, Immunotherapy of melanoma, Targeted therapies for melanoma, Non-operative intra-tumoral therapies, Role of radiation for locoregional and distant metastatic melanoma, Adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapy for melanoma, Surgery of the nodal basins for trunk and extremity melanoma, Extirpative considerations of melanoma of the head and neck, Treatment of lentigo melanoma of the head and neck, Reconstructive considerations of melanoma of the head and neck, Melanoma of the hands and feet, Rare variants of melanoma, and Emerging therapies for melanoma. Melanoma Risk Factors and PreventionCanonical Signaling Pathways in MelanomaImmunobiology of MelanomaClinical Diagnosis and Classification: Including Biopsy Techniques and Noninvasive ImagingHistopathologic and Molecular Diagnosis of MelanomaAmerican Joint Committee on Cancer Staging and Other Platforms to Assess Prognosis and RiskSentinel Lymph Node Biopsy, Lymph Node Dissection, and Lymphedema Management Options in MelanomaDermatologic Follow-up and Assessment of Suspicious LesionsNon-Operative Options for Loco-regional MelanomaRadiation Therapy for Local Cutaneous MelanomaAdjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapeutics for the Treatment of Cutaneous MelanomaExtirpative Considerations of Melanoma of the Head and NeckLentigo MalignaSpitz Nevus: Review and UpdateMelanoma of the Hands and Feet (With Reconstruction)Melanoma in Pregnancy and PediatricsMucosal MelanomaEmerging Therapies in the Treatment of Advanced Melanoma