CUTANEOUS MELANOMA

• British Association of Dermatologists: UK Guidelines for the management of cutaneous melanoma - http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=6625&nbr=004169&string=melanoma
• American Academy of Dermatology: Guidelines of care for Primary Cutaneous Melanoma - http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=2741&nbr=001967&string=melanoma
• Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN): Cutaneous melanoma: a national guidelines - http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=3877&nbr=003086&string=melanoma
• Malignant Melanoma: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Recommendations - http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=7047&nbr=004236&string=melanoma
• Malignant Melanoma: a comprehensive review - http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic257.htm
• Malignant Melanoma of the Face and Neck - http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic27.htm
• American Academy of Dermatology: Melanoma: Find Answers - http://www.skincarephysicians.com/skincancernet/melanoma.html
• US National Cancer Institute: Melanoma Treatment - http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/melanoma/healthprofessional/allpages
• Medline Plus: Melanoma - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000850.htm
• Malignant Melanoma from Plastic Surgery perspective - http://www.emedicine.com/plastic/topic456.htm
• Congenital Nevi review - http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic903.htm
• Halo Nevus review - http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic174.htm
• Spitz Nevus review - http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic399.htm
• Atypical Mole (Dysplastic Nevus) - http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic42.htm

Measures:

Dermoscopy:

• Dermoscopy (also called epiluminescence microscopy (ELM) -  http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic557.htm

Wood's Lamp examination:

• Medline Plus: Wood's Lamp examination - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003386.htm

Skin Lesion Biopsy:

• Medline Plus: Skin Lesion Biopsy - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003840.htm

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB):

• Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients With Melanoma - http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic759.htm
• Society of Nuclear Medicine: Procedure guideline for lymphoscintigraphy and the use of intraoperative gamma probe for sentinel lymph node localization in melanoma of intermediate thickness - http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=5256&nbr=003588&string=melanoma

Additional tests required in a patient with clinical manifestations suggestive of metastatic disease:

• American Association of Clinical Chemistry: Lactate dehydrogenase (Total and Isoenzymes) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/ldh/glance.html
• American Association of Clinical Chemistry: Liver (hepatic) function tests - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/liver_panel/glance.html
• Medline Plus: Chest X-ray - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003804.htm
• Medline Plus: Bone scan - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003833.htm
• American College of Radiology: Positron Emission Tomography (PET) - http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/petomography.htm
• American College of Radiology: Computed Tomography (CT) - Body - http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/ct_of_the_body.htm
• American College of Radiology: MR Imaging (MRI) - Body - http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/mr_of_the_body.htm

Test/s for research purposes alone:

• Serum S-100 Protein (mouse monoclonal antibody): Datasheet - http://www.novocastra.co.uk/data/nttm/s100.pdf

• S100 Protein (Polyclonal): Antibody Datasheet - http://www.biocare.net/AntibodyView.asp?ID=419

Melanoma Cancer Risk Questionnaire:

• Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention: Melanoma Cancer Risk Questionnaire - http://www.yourdiseaserisk.harvard.edu/hccpquiz.pl?lang=english&func=start&quiz=melanoma

Skin Cancer Prevention:

• US National Cancer Institute: Skin Cancer Prevention - http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/prevention/skin/healthprofessional/allpages
• Counselling to prevent skin cancer: recommendations and rationale of the US Preventive Services Task Force - http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=3728&nbr=002954&string=melanoma

Skin Cancer Screening:

• US National Cancer Institute: Skin Cancer Screening - http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/screening/skin/healthprofessional/allpages
• Screening for Skin Cancer: recommendations and rationale of the US Preventive Services Task Force- http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=2662&nbr=001888&string=melanoma

Document Provenance and History

Document Author: Dr. Fazal Danish

Document Created: 02nd May 2006

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