RT Book, Section
A1 Urba, Walter J.
A1 Washington, Carl V.
A1 Nadiminti, Hari
A2 Longo, Dan L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1128356647
T1 CANCER OF THE SKIN
T2 Harrison's Hematology and Oncology, 2e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071814904
LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1128356647
RD 2024/04/24
AB Pigmented  lesions  are  among  the  most  common  findings  on  skin  examination.  The  challenge  is  to  distinguish  cutaneous  melanomas,  which  account  for  the  overwhelming  majority  of  deaths  resulting  from  skin  cancer,  from  the  remainder,  which  with  rare  exceptions  are  benign.  Cutaneous  melanoma  can  occur  in  adults  of  all  ages,  even  young  individuals,  and  people  of  all  colors;  it  is  located  on  the  skin,  where  it  is  visible;  and  it  has  distinct  clinical  features  that  make  it  detectable  at  a  time  when  complete  surgical  excision  is  possible.  Examples  of  malignant  and  benign  pigmented  lesions  are  shown  in  Fig.  33-1.