Mucosal Melanoma.
Head and neck mucosal melanoma
Melanoma
Mucosal melanoma
Journal
Clinics in plastic surgery
ISSN: 1558-0504
Titre abrégé: Clin Plast Surg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0424767
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2021
Oct 2021
Historique:
entrez:
10
9
2021
pubmed:
11
9
2021
medline:
14
9
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Mucosal melanoma is a rare but aggressive cancer arising in mucosal surfaces most commonly in the head and neck. The clinical presentation is often nonspecific and differs in relation to the site of origin so often diagnosis is delayed resulting in poor prognosis. Mucosal melanoma has a 5-year survival of only 25%. Surgery with negative margins is the mainstay of treatment but dependent on several variables including anatomic location, involved structures, and size of tumor. Although not well defined given the rarity of mucosal melanoma, there is a role for radiation and systemic therapy in the treatment of this disease.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34503731
pii: S0094-1298(21)00057-2
doi: 10.1016/j.cps.2021.05.010
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
707-711Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Disclosure The authors have nothing to disclose.