Abstract
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.
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MeSH terms
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Decision Making
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Disease Progression
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Evidence-Based Medicine*
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Humans
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Incidence
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Lung Neoplasms / pathology
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Lung Neoplasms / secondary
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Lymph Nodes / pathology
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Melanoma / diagnostic imaging
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Melanoma / epidemiology*
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Melanoma / pathology
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Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnosis
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Patient Education as Topic
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Patient Satisfaction
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Prognosis
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Radiography
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Skin Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
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Skin Neoplasms / epidemiology*
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Skin Neoplasms / pathology
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Time Factors
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Treatment Outcome
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United States / epidemiology