Title	Current Research and Clinical Management of Melanoma [electronic resource] / edited by Larry Nathanson
Imprint	Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1993
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3080-0
Descript	XII, 388 p. online resource

In our environmentally conscious society, reports of an increase in the risk of developing several cancers - including melanoma, lymphoma and lung cancer - have excited great controversy. Of these tumors, melanoma has demonstrated the most spectacular increase, generating a considerable body of research. The justification for this volume is found in the need for an up-to-date review of this research. The book represents a comprehensive review of both current research and clinical management of melanoma, arranged in such a way as to be maximally user-friendly to both the basic scientst and the clinician interested in this fascinating disease

1. Etiology of Melanoma -- 2. Epidemiology of Melanoma -- 3. Early Detection of Melanoma -- 4. The Role of Microscopic Evaluation in the Management of Cutaneous Melanoma -- 5. The Prevention of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma: High-Risk Groups, Chemoprevention, Education, and Screening -- 6. The Natural History of Melanoma, Including the Pattern of Metastatic Spread and the Biological Basis for Metastases โ Staging of Melanoma -- 7. Intraocular Melanomas -- 8. The Molecular Genetics of Human Malignant Melanoma -- 9. Immunology and Immunotherapy of Melanoma -- 10. Positive and Negative Growth Regulation in Melanoma: Growth Factors, Intracellular Signalling, and the Cell Cycle -- 11. The Role of Surgery in Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma -- 12. Chemotherapy of Malignant Melanoma -- 13. Radiotherapy of Melanoma

1. Medicine
2. Cancer research
3. Oncology
4. Medicine & Public Health
5. Oncology
6. Cancer Research