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Current Treatment Strategies in Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma of the Head and Neck

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https://doi.org/10.32448/entupdates.536860
ÖZGÜR, E., KARAKULLUKÇU, B., & ESKİİZMİR, G. (2019). Current Treatment Strategies in Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma of the Head and Neck. ENT Updates, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.32448/entupdates.536860
Volume 9 Issue 1 (2019)
Copyright (c) 2019 Erdoğan ÖZGÜR, Barış KARAKULLUKÇU, Görkem ESKİİZMİR
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Authors

  • Erdoğan ÖZGÜR
    Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Medical Faculty, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Muğla, Turkey
  • Barış KARAKULLUKÇU The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
  • Görkem ESKİİZMİR Manisa Celal Bayar University, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Manisa, TURKEY

Cutaneous malignant melanoma is potentially an important health problem for white people. The incidence of melanoma is rising faster than other solid cancers. Despite the new melanoma drugs surgery for localised melanoma and regional metastasis is still the standard of care. However management of cutaneous melanoma differs from other cancers at some points such as biopsy technique, surgical margine, incorporation ofsentinel lymph node biopsy for staging etc. In this review we focused on the role of the head and neck surgeon in management of cutaneous melanoma of head and neck region according to current knowledge.

Keywords:

Melanoma head and neck neoplasms surgery sentinel lymph node biopsy