Management of local or regional non‐nodal disease | Zendy

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Management of local or regional non‐nodal disease

Author(s) -

Racz Jennifer M.,

Block Matthew S.,

Baum Christian L.,

Jakub James W.

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.25330

Subject(s) - medicine , disease , melanoma , metastasis , lymphatic system , intensive care medicine , general surgery , pathology , cancer , cancer research

Some melanomas develop a striking avidity for lymphatic spread. In spite of multiple recurrences, patients can remain years without visceral metastasis. There is clearly a biologic reason for this lymphotrophic pattern of growth and dissemination, which we have yet to uncover. In‐transit metastases have widely diverse clinical presentations and can be a stubborn disease to cure. As a result, a host of treatments exist that should be tailored to the individual patient.

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