Principles of Surgery in Head and Neck Cutaneous Melanoma

alwin shared this article with you from Inoreader Principles of Surgery in Head and Neck Cutaneous Melanoma Via Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics Surgical management of head and neck melanoma starts from the primary biopsy of the cutaneous site by a narrow excision with a 1 to 3  mm margins. The margin should include the whole breadth and sufficient depth of the lesion. The key is not to transect the lesion. With the advent of molecular testing, gene expression profiling, and immunotherapies, the surgical management of advanced melanoma has changed. Sentinel lymph node bio psy is an essential armamentarium for T2a and higher staging/greater than 1 mm thick and advance stage disease. Molecular pathogenesis and cancer immunology are recognized in the recent treatment protocols along with surgery in advanced stages of melanoma. (Source: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics) View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.