Full Description
This book provides a guide to the diagnosis and management of melanoma. Clinical cases are examined to give the reader an understanding of new diagnostic tools including total body photofinders, two photon excitation florescence microscopy and confocal microscopy. Each case is presented in relation to immunotherapy and quality of life and examines the therapeutic outcomes of newly introduced therapies.
Clinical Cases in Melanoma highlights evidence-based best practice through a multidisciplinary approach that is relevant to dermatologists, as well as oncologists, pharmacologists and pathologists.
Contents
Dermoscopic and clinical features of Melanoma.- Amelanotic melanoma.- Biomarkers in Melanoma.- Challenges of Current Therapies.- Novel treatments.- Clinical Presentation.- Surgical Management of Melanoma.- Radiation Therapy for Melanoma.- Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in the Treatment of Melanoma.- BRAF/MEK inhibitors in the Treatment of Melanoma.- Nanomedicine in Melanoma.- Side effects of therapies.
