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ReviewCancers2026

The Role of Laser Modalities in Melanoma Management: Critical Analysis of Local Control and Palliative Applications.

Francesco Russano, Luigi Dall'Olmo, Francesco Callegarin, Davide Brugnolo, Paolo Del Fiore, Giuseppe Sciacca, Rocco Caminiti, Marco Rastrelli, Simone Mocellin

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Review in Cancers, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Francesco RussanoSoft-Tissue, Peritoneum and Melanoma Surgical Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35128 Padua, Italy
Luigi Dall'OlmoSoft-Tissue, Peritoneum and Melanoma Surgical Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35128 Padua, ItalyORCID 0000-0003-1564-2594
Francesco CallegarinClinical Research Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35131 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0009-0000-9594-5178
Davide BrugnoloDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology (DISCOG), University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0009-0000-9709-977X
Paolo Del FioreSoft-Tissue, Peritoneum and Melanoma Surgical Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35128 Padua, ItalyORCID 0000-0002-2862-8014
Giuseppe SciaccaDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology (DISCOG), University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Rocco CaminitiCasa di Cura Caminiti, 89018 Villa San Giovanni, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Marco RastrelliSoft-Tissue, Peritoneum and Melanoma Surgical Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35128 Padua, Italy
Simone MocellinSoft-Tissue, Peritoneum and Melanoma Surgical Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35128 Padua, ItalyORCID 0000-0002-9433-8445

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cutaneous melanoma is an aggressive skin cancer. While laser therapy is established for non-melanoma skin cancers, its role in melanoma remains controversial and largely unsupported by robust clinical evidence. The gold standard for melanoma management remains surgical excision, as it allows for definitive histopathological diagnosis, Breslow thickness measurement, and surgical margin assessment, which are essential for accurate staging. This narrative review analyzed preclinical and clinical studies evaluating various laser modalities, including Nd:YAG, CO

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CO2 laserlaser therapymelanomaNd:YAGphotodynamic therapyskin cancer

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PMID42193029
PMCPMC13205114

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