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M.S. Hofman, R.J. Hicks (eds.), PET/CT in Melanoma, Clinicians’ Guides to
Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging – PET/CT, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-54741-1_3
B. Lee
Melanoma and Skin Service and Cancer Research Division, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
G.A. McArthur, MBBS, BMedSc, PhD, FRACP (
*)
Melanoma and Skin Service and Cancer Research Division, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Univeristy of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
e-mail:
[email protected]
3
Management of Melanoma
Belinda Lee and Grant A. McArthur
Until recently, there have been few effective treatment options for patients with meta-
static melanoma. A number of targeted therapies and immune-modulating therapies
have dramatically improved outcomes and changed paradigms of management. For
patients with early stage disease, surgery remains the primary form of management.
Contents
3.1 Surgical Management of Primary Melanoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.2 Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.3 Management of Locoregional Recurrent Melanoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.4 Radiotherapy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.5 Adjuvant Systemic Therapy of Melanoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.6 Management of Metastatic Melanoma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.6.1 Targeted Systemic Therapy with MAPK Pathway Inhibition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.6.2 Immunotherapy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.6.3 Cytotoxic Chemotherapy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22