title: Treatment of the primary lesion in melanoma.
abstract: The routine wide sacrifice of skin, fat and fascia for the treatment of all melanomas is clearly ill-advised. For the low risk primary lesion, conservative excision is sufficient. For the high risk lesion, individualized therapy should be the rule.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*