Current Treatment Strategies in Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma of the Head and Neck
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2019
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Cutaneous malignant melanoma is potentially an important health problem for white people. The incidence ofmelanoma is rising faster than other solid cancers. Despite the new melanoma drugs surgery for localised melanoma and regional metastasis is still the standard of care.However management of cutaneous melanoma differsfrom other cancers at some points such as biopsy technique, surgical margine, incorporation ofsentinel lymphnode biopsy for staging etc. In this review we focused onthe role of the head and neck surgeon in management ofcutaneous melanoma of head and neck region accordingto current knowledge.