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ReviewJournal of the National Cancer Institute2020

Clinicopathological Features, Staging, and Current Approaches to Treatment in High-Risk Resectable Melanoma.

Emily Z Keung, Jeffrey E Gershenwald

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Review in Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Giant thick melanomas: a retrospective case series.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Emily Z KeungDepartment of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Jeffrey E GershenwaldDepartment of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Funding

TRAINING OF ACADEMIC SURGICAL ONCOLOGISTST32CA009599 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Ashley M Holder, Jennifer A. Wargo · 1988 to 2026
$13.2M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009599
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The incidence of melanoma in the United States has been increasing over the past several decades. Prognosis largely depends on disease stage, with 5-year melanoma-specific survival ranging from as high as 99% in patients with stage I disease to less than 10% for some patients with stage IV (distant metastatic) disease. Fortunately, in the last 5-10 years, there have been remarkable treatment advances for patients with high-risk resectable melanoma, including approval of targeted and immune checkpoint blockade therapies. In addition, results of recent clinical trials have confirmed the importance of sentinel lymph node biopsy and continue to refine the approach to regional lymph node basin management. Lastly, the melanoma staging system was revised in the eighth edition AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, which was implemented on January 1, 2018. Here we discuss these changes and the clinicopathological features that confer high risk for locoregional and distant disease relapse and poor survival. Implications regarding the management of melanoma in the metastatic and adjuvant settings are discussed, as are future directions for neoadjuvant therapies.

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Surgical Procedures, OperativeHumansLymphatic MetastasisMargins of ExcisionMedical OncologyMelanomaNeoadjuvant TherapyNeoplasm StagingPrognosisRisk AssessmentSentinel Lymph Node BiopsySkin NeoplasmsUnited States

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PMID32061122
PMCPMC7492771

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