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. 2012:2012:948302.
doi: 10.5402/2012/948302. Epub 2012 Mar 26.

Head and neck melanoma

R Shashanka  1 , B R Smitha
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Head and neck melanoma

R Shashanka et al. ISRN Surg. 2012.

Abstract

The incidence of malignant melanoma appears to be increasing at an alarming rate throughout the world over the past 30-40 years and continues to increase in the United States, Canada, Australia, Asia, and Europe. The behavior of head and neck melanoma is aggressive, and it has an overall poorer prognosis than that of other skin sites. The authors review the published literature and text books, intending to give an overall picture of malignant melanomas of the head and neck and a special emphasis on treatment considerations with controversies in treatment including biopsy, radiation therapy, sentinel node biopsy, and nodal dissection.

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