TY - JOUR
T1 - Evidence-based follow-up for the patient with melanoma
AU - Fields, Ryan C.
AU - Coit, Daniel G.
PY - 2011/1/1
Y1 - 2011/1/1
N2 - This article reviews the best evidence available to guide the follow-up of patients with melanoma, focusing on incidence of, and detection of, melanoma recurrence, frequency of follow-up visits, yield of, laboratory and radiographic tests, outcomes of patients with recurrent melanoma based on method of detection, detection of secondary melanomas, and stage-specific follow-up.
AB - This article reviews the best evidence available to guide the follow-up of patients with melanoma, focusing on incidence of, and detection of, melanoma recurrence, frequency of follow-up visits, yield of, laboratory and radiographic tests, outcomes of patients with recurrent melanoma based on method of detection, detection of secondary melanomas, and stage-specific follow-up.
KW - Evidence-based follow-up
KW - Melanoma
KW - Outcomes
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78649479827&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.soc.2010.09.009
DO - 10.1016/j.soc.2010.09.009
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21111966
AN - SCOPUS:78649479827
SN - 1055-3207
VL - 20
SP - 181
EP - 200
JO - Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America
JF - Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America
IS - 1
ER -