Evidence-based follow-up for the patient with melanoma

Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2011 Jan;20(1):181-200. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2010.09.009.

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.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

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