| Description |
xiii, 314 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Molecular Features of Melanoma Progression / Ulrich Rodeck and Dorothea Becker -- 2. Immunologic Features of Progression in Melanoma / Jurgen C. Becker and Eva-Bettina Brocker -- 3. Common Acquired Nevi and Dysplastic Nevi as Precursor Lesions and Risk Markers of Melanoma / John T. Seykora and David E. Elder -- 4. Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Care of the Patient with Melanoma / Douglas S. Reintgen and Andrea Brobeil -- 5. Molecular Approaches to Adjuvant Immunological Therapy of Melanoma with Interferon (IFN): The Role of Interferons and Other Cytokines as an Adjunct to Surgery in Intermediate- and High-Risk Melanoma / John M. Kirkwood -- 6. The Case for Melanoma Vaccines that Induce Antibodies / Philip O. Livingston -- 7. Vaccine Trials in High-Risk Melanoma: Induction of Effector T-Cell Responses to Melanoma / Walter J. Storkus, John M. Kirkwood and Thomas Tuting |
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8. Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Malignant Melanoma / Agop Y. Bedikian and Sewa Singh Legha -- 9. The Role of Cytotoxic Chemotherapeutic Agents Either Alone or in Combination with Biological Response Modifiers / Michael B. Atkins -- 10. Radiosurgery in the Management of Melanoma Brain Metastasis / John C. Flickinger, Salvador Somaza and Douglas Kondziolka -- 11. PCR-Based Detection of Malignant Cells: Toward Molecular Staging? / Ulrich Keilholz and Martina Willhauck |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Melanoma -- Molecular diagnosis.
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Melanoma -- diagnosis.
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Melanoma -- therapy.
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Molecular Biology.
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| Author |
Kirkwood, John M.
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| LC no. |
97052827 |
| ISBN |
082470102X (alk. paper) |
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