Open AccessTHE PLACE OF SURGERY IN MODERN TREATMENT OF SKIN MELANOMA
Author(s) -
П. В. Мельников
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
rossijskij onkologičeskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2412-9119
pISSN - 1028-9984
DOI - 10.18821/1028-9984-2017-22-1-51-56
Subject(s) - melanoma , medicine , sentinel lymph node , biopsy , systemic therapy , sentinel node , wide local excision , dermatology , surgery , general surgery , pathology , cancer , cancer research , breast cancer
Recent breakthroughs in the treatment of melanoma are associated with the systemic therapy by drugs of new classes, however, the place of surgery remains to be the main in the management of both localized and widespread melanoma. In this literature review, there are systematized the modern concepts of local excision of the primary tumor, the value of biopsy of sentinel lymph node and possibilities of surgical treatment of distant metastases of melanoma.