The management of high-risk melanoma: staging, treatment, and nursing issues.
The incidence of malignant melanoma continues to increase. Treatment of high-risk disease requires a rigorous course of therapy. Nurses who care for these patients must understand the disease and its therapy to adequately prepare patients for treatment. The diagnosis, staging, treatment, and symptom management for high-risk melanoma are reviewed.
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D000277:Adjuvants, Pharmaceutic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D011379:Prognosis; D012306:Risk; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D015996:Survival Rate; D014481:United States
D000277:Adjuvants, Pharmaceutic; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents