Diagnosis and Management of Melanoma in Clinical Practice [Paperback]

In the last decade there has been no major clinical mono-graph on this increasingly common and difficult malignancywhich is a killer of young people. The gap in the literatureis now filled by this authoritative volumewhich will beessential reading for any body involved in the study ormanagement of melanoma.In the last decade there has been no major clinical mono-graph on this increasingly common and difficult malignancywhich is a killer of young people. The gap in the literatureis now filled by this authoritative volumewhich will beessential reading for any body involved in the study ormanagement of melanoma.1 Epidemiology of Malignant Meloma.- Complexity and Dissonance.- Recall Bias.- Exposure.- Sex and Prognosis.- Age and the Neoplastic Process.- Rising Incidence Rates.- Rising Population Death Rates.- The Ozone Layer.- Prognosis as Function of Incidence.- Conclusion.- 2 Clinical Differential Diagnosis of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma.- Patients at Risk of Developing Melanoma.- Lentigo Maligna Melanoma.- Superficial Spreading Malignant Melanoma.- Nodular Melanoma.- Acral or Acral Lentiginous Melanoma.- Aids to Clinical Diagnosis.- 3 Differential Diagnosis of Malignant Melanoma by Algorithm.- Freckles (Ephelides).- Seborrhoeic Warts.- Lentigo.- Lentigo Maligna (Hutchinsons Freckle).- Junctional Naevus.- Superficial Spreading Malignant Melanoma.- Caf? au Lait Patch.- Plane Warts.- Skin Tags.- Dermatofibroma (Histiocytoma).- Seborrhoeic Wart (Basal Cell Papilloma).- Compound Naevus.- Nodular Malignant Melanoma.- Pigmented Basal Cell Carcinoma.- Blue Naevus.- Giant Comedone.- Solar Keratoses.- Bowens Disease.- Squamous Cell Carcinoma.- Basal Cell Carcinoma (Rodent Ulcer).- Irritated Seborrhoeic Wart.- Pyogenic Granuloma.- Spitz Naevus.- Campbell de Morgan Spot (Cherry Angioma).- Haemangioma.- 4 Clinical Diagnosis of Melanoma.- The Patients History.- Types of Malignant Melanoma and Presenting Features.- Accuracy in Diagnosis.- Aids tlƒ%