title: Modern concepts of melanoma and its management.
abstract: Malignant melanoma can be diagnosed at an early biological stage when relatively simple excisional surgery carries a remarkably good prognosis. For this to happen requires good public education, so that patients are aware of the potential danger of any change in a mole, and good professional education, so that physicians of first contact are alert to the possibility of melanoma in these patients.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*