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Childhood melanoma: update and treatment
Author(s) -
Huynh Phung M.,
GrantKels Jane M.,
Grin Caron M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2005.02612.x
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , chemotherapy , immunotherapy , disease , differential diagnosis , lesion , adjuvant , adjuvant chemotherapy , pediatrics , dermatology , surgery , oncology , cancer , pathology , cancer research , breast cancer
Childhood melanoma is a rare but potentially fatal disease that is important to include in the differential diagnosis of any pigmented lesion in a child. The best prognosis is achieved with early diagnosis and definitive surgical excision. Adjuvant chemotherapy and immunotherapy are options for those with more advanced tumors. Melanoma in children must be treated as aggressively as in adults because childhood melanoma may be equally devastating.