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Follow‐up of the melanoma patient
Author(s) -
Deschner Benjamin,
Wayne Jeffrey D.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.25324
Subject(s) - medicine , modalities , melanoma , medical physics , therapeutic modalities , treatment modality , physical examination , intensive care medicine , surgery , physical therapy , social science , cancer research , sociology
Follow‐up of the melanoma patient involves many different methods of surveillance. Specific guidelines for modalities and frequency are flexible and largely open to physician preference. Patient education and self‐examination are generally viewed as crucial and cost‐effective for recurrence detection. Increased frequency of clinical follow‐up, laboratory studies, and imaging has not demonstrated survival benefit in surveillance. However, appropriate application of these different methods is controversial and evolving, especially with changing surgical management and new medical therapies.