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SUBMITTER: Leong SP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4311146 | biostudies-other | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Leong Stanley P L SP Mihm Martin C MC Murphy George F GF Hoon Dave S B DS Kashani-Sabet Mohammed M Agarwala Sanjiv S SS Zager Jonathan S JS Hauschild Axel A Sondak Vernon K VK Guild Valerie V Kirkwood John M JM
Clinical & experimental metastasis 20120815 7
The survival rates of melanoma, like any type of cancer, become worse with advancing stage. Spectrum theory is most consistent with the progression of melanoma from the primary site to the in-transit locations, regional or sentinel lymph nodes and beyond to the distant sites. Therefore, early diagnosis and surgical treatment before its spread is the most effective treatment. Recently, new approaches have revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of melanoma. Genomic profiling and sequencing wil ...[more]