title: Biology of human cutaneous melanoma.
abstract: A review of the natural behavior of cutaneous melanoma, clinical and pathological factors, prognostic indicators, some basic research and the present and possible futuristic strategies in the management of this disease are presented. While surgery remains to be the most effective therapeutic approach in the management of early primary lesions, there is no standard adjuvant therapy after surgical resection, or for metastatic disease.
authors.affiliation: Maryland Melanoma Center, Weinberg Cancer Institute, Franklin Square Hospital Center, Baltimore, MD, USA. george.elias@medstar.net.
authors.forename: Elias G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Elias
authors.forename: Joanne H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Hasskamp
authors.forename: Bhuvnesh K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Sharma