Melanoma An Issue Of Clinics In Plastic Surgery E Book

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.

Editors Kimberly Brown and Celia Chao and authors review the latest in Melanoma. Articles will include Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Prevention, and Early Detection; Work-up and Staging of Malignant Melanoma; Principles of Surgical Treatment of Malignant Melanoma; Surviving Cutaneous Melanoma; Locoregional Therapies; Melanoma Vaccines; The Role of Radiation Therapy in Melanoma; Systemic Therapy in Melanoma; Unusual Presentations of Melanoma; Surgical Treatment Options for Stage IV Melanoma; Head and Neck Melanoma; Melanoma in Non-Caucasian Populations and more!

Nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is one of the most important causes of morbidity and therapeutic costs especially in Western countries such as Australia, Europe and United States of America. The overall NMSC rates have risen precipitously in the last three decades, leading to an increase in patients seeking treatment from dermatologists, facial plastic surgeons, plastic surgeons, and related disciplines. The head and neck is a region in which anatomical, functional and aesthetic problems may occur; therefore, clinicians, surgeons and researchers are working to find new diagnostic techniques and therapeutic modalities. This issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics reviews different topics in NMSC in-depth with discussion, figures, tables, clinical, histopathological and surgical photographs, and provides an up-to-date information source for the clinicians and surgeons. Guest Editor Cemal Cingi, an expert clinician and researcher in cancers of the head and neck, leads an international panel of authors on this subject.

Information is presented from international authors in the realm of Biology, Physiology, Basic Science, and Clinical Medicine on aspects of skin of interest to the Plastic Surgeon. Topics range from Skin grafting and the Physiology of aging skin, through Dermal substitutes and Skin tissue engineering.

This issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics, Guest Edited by Jeffrey S. Moyer, is devoted to Skin Cancer Surgery. Articles in this issue include: Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer; Mohs Micrographic Surgery; Management of Early Stage Melanoma; Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Skin Cancer Malignancies; Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Treatment of Skin Cancer; Radiotherapy for Skin Cancers of the Face, Head, and Neck; Reconstruction of the Nose; Reconstruction of the Cheek; Reconstruction of the Lip and Chin; Reconstruction of the Forehead and Scalp; Reconstruction of the Ear; Periocular Reconstruction; Tissue Engineering and 3D Modeling for Facial Reconstruction; and Health Outcome Studies in Skin Cancer Surgery.

This issue of Surgical Clinics of North America focuses on Contemporary Melanoma Management: A Surgical Perspective, and is edited by Dr. Rohit Sharma. Articles will include: Melanoma etiology and risk factors; Genetic, inherited and familial melanoma; Staging melanoma: What’s old and new; Surgical management of primary cutaneous melanoma; Surgical management of regional lymph nodes in melanoma; Non-surgical management of regional lymph nodes in melanoma; Principles of immunotherapy in melanoma; Principles of targeted therapy in melanoma; Role of radiation in the era of effective systemic therapy for melanoma; Melanoma of unusual sites; Ongoing clinical trials in melanoma; Role of surgery for metastatic melanoma; Surgical considerations and systemic therapy of melanoma; Management of loco regionally advanced melanoma; Pathology of melanoma; and more!

Melanoma is one of the deadliest cancers and the number of incidences continues to rise in the United States. Early detection and treatment is key to long term survival. This issue covers a wealth of topics, including risk factors, effects of sunscreen on melanoma risk, prevention, biopsy, pathology, surgical approaches to malignant melanoma and new diagnostic aides.

Beyond the skin as protective barrier, surgeons and dermatologists explore the science of skin as they work with it every day on patients and clients with aging skin, facial scars, deformities, skin cancer, sun damage, vascular lesions, and traumatic injuries. This compilation of topics in Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics provides a primer on the basic science of skin, wound healing, exploration of genes, stem cells, and molecular science, along with direct clinical information related to surgery and medicine applicable in skin disorders, cosmetic procedures, and reconstructive procedures. Guest Editors David Hom and Adam Ingraffea lead a group of facial plastic surgeons and dermatologists who present an Overview of a specific skin problem, Therapeutic options, Clinical outcomes, Complications and sequela, along with a review of the most current literature to date on the subject of skin as is clinically and surgically relevant for dermatologists, facial plastic surgeons, plastic surgeons, and general practitioners.