Melanoma - Surgery
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Administration of high-dose interleukin-2 in a 2-year-old with metastatic melanoma.

13 Dec 2009 Malignant melanoma is rare in pediatrics, and therapies for patients with disseminated disease have not been well studied. This report describes our experience with the use of high-dose interleukin 2 (aldesleukin, IL-2) in a 2-year-old child with ... Read more...

Short length of stay and rapid recovery to normal function after surgery for metastatic melanoma to abdominal and retroperitoneal viscera.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Metastatic melanoma to abdominal and retroperitoneal viscera carries a poor prognosis possibly resulting in reluctance to offer surgical management. There is value in defining the morbidity of such surgery. METHODS: Review of a ... Read more...

Local anesthesia using buffered 0.5% lidocaine with 1:200,000 epinephrine for tumors of the digits treated with Mohs micrographic surgery.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Several specialties and textbooks continue to advocate that local anesthesia using epinephrine should not be used during surgery involving the digits. OBJECTIVE: We sought to assess the association between local anesthesia (buffered 0.5% ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Melanoma - Surgery'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Administration of high-dose interleukin-2 in a 2-year-old with metastatic melanoma. 13 Dec 2009
• Short length of stay and rapid recovery to normal function after surgery for metastatic melanoma to abdominal and retroperitoneal viscera. 30 Oct 2009
• A glimpse of future management of melanoma. 29 Sep 2009
• Topical mitomycin following cryotherapy for treatment of recurrent ocular surface melanoma. 29 Sep 2009
• Protocol for the examination of specimens from patients with melanoma of the skin. 29 Sep 2009
• Presidential operations. 29 Sep 2009
• Local anesthesia using buffered 0.5% lidocaine with 1:200,000 epinephrine for tumors of the digits treated with Mohs micrographic surgery. 29 Sep 2009
• [Multiple primary neoplasms - coincidence or tumor syndrom?] 7 Sep 2009
• Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus: long-term survival after radical resection. 30 Aug 2009
• Dendritic cell-based vaccines for pancreatic cancer and melanoma. 30 Aug 2009
• Clinico-pathologic study of 70 enucleations. 30 Aug 2009
• Preoperative assessment of cutaneous melanoma thickness using 10-MHz sonography. 30 Aug 2009
• Atypical spitzoid melanocytic tumors with positive sentinel lymph nodes in children and teenagers, and comparison with histologically unambiguous and lethal melanomas. 30 Aug 2009
• A case of metastatic intracranial malignant melanoma mimicking simple subcortical hemorrhage in an elderly woman. 30 Aug 2009
• Diffuse anorectal melanoma; review of the current diagnostic and treatment aspects based on a case report. 9 Aug 2009
• Reduced p16 and increased cyclin D1 and pRb expression are correlated with progression in cutaneous melanocytic tumors. 8 Aug 2009
• Laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection for anorectal melanoma: a case report and review of the literature. 30 Jul 2009
• Primary umbilical melanoma. 30 Jul 2009
• Thoroughness of skin examination by melanoma patients: influence of age, sex and partner. 30 Jul 2009
• Plaque brachytherapy for the management of ocular surface malignancies with corneoscleral invasion. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Melanoma'

Definition: A malignant neoplasm derived from cells that are capable of forming melanin, which may occur in the skin of any part of the body, in the eye, or, rarely, in the mucous membranes of the genitalia, anus, oral cavity, or other sites. It occurs mostly in adults and may originate de novo or from a pigmented nevus or malignant lentigo. Melanomas frequently metastasize widely, and the regional lymph nodes, liver, lungs, and brain are likely to be involved. The incidence of malignant skin melanomas is rising rapidly in all parts of the world. (Stedman, 25th ed; from Rook et al., Textbook of Dermatology, 4th ed, p2445)

Descriptor UI: D008545

Alternative terms: Melanoma; Melanomas; Malignant Melanoma; Malignant Melanomas; Melanoma, Malignant; Melanomas, Malignant;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; blood supply; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; secondary; secretion; surgery; therapy; ultrastructure; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; chemistry; virology;

Tree Number: C04.557.465.625.650.510; C04.557.580.625.650.510; C04.557.665.510;

Technical Notes: /blood supply /chem /second /secret /ultrastruct permitted; coord IM with precoord organ/neopl term (IM); MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL is also available