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Title: | Melanoma radiological surveillance: A review of current evidence and clinical challenges. | Authors: | Howard M.D. | Monash Health Department(s): | Dermatology | Institution: | (Howard) Victorian Melanoma Service, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (Howard) Department of Dermatology, Monash Health, Clayton, VIC, Australia | Issue Date: | 20-Apr-2020 | Copyright year: | 2020 | Publisher: | Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine Inc. | Place of publication: | United States | Publication information: | Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 93 (1) (pp 207-213), 2020. Date of Publication: March 2020. | Journal: | Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine | Abstract: | Melanoma is a common cancer in both young and older populations in many western countries. Rates of melanoma diagnosis worldwide are increasing. With the introduction of both targeted and immunotherapies there have been dramatic improvements in the care of patients with metastatic melanoma. With these new therapies being increasingly offered to patients with stage III metastatic melanoma and stage IV disease, radiological surveillance of melanoma has become a widely used method of monitoring melanoma patients for early locoregional and distant metastasis. However, concerns have been raised about risk of false positive results, which patients to consider radiological surveillance for, and at what intervals to do so. To date, there are no published review articles on the topic of radiological surveillance in melanoma patients identified in the MEDLINE database. A comprehensive literature review was performed by searching the MEDLINE database to review all published works on this topic. This article aims to present an extensive review of literature surrounding radiological surveillance in melanoma patients, a discussion of controversies, and recommendations for surveillance modalities.Copyright © 2020, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine Inc. All rights reserved. | PubMed URL: | 32226349 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=32226349] | ISSN: | 0044-0086 | URI: | https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/28890 | Type: | Short Survey | Subjects: | melanoma nuclear magnetic resonance imaging positron emission tomography positron emission tomography-computed tomography practice guideline radio reliability sentinel lymph node biopsy short survey two-dimensional imaging antineoplastic agent echography cancer patient cancer recurrence cancer staging cancer surgery cancer survival diagnostic accuracy evidence based medicine false negative result lymph node metastasis/co lymph node metastasis melanoma |
Type of Clinical Study or Trial: | Systematic review and/or meta-analysis |
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