title: Management of regional metastatic disease in head and neck cutaneous malignancy. 2. Cutaneous malignant melanoma.
abstract: This is the second of 2 articles giving an overview of the current evidence for management of the neck and parotid in cutaneous cancers of the head and neck. We discuss cutaneous malignant melanoma and review the latest evidence for management of the regional nodes.
authors.affiliation: Royal Surrey County Hospital, United Kingdom. Electronic address: carrienewlands@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Carrie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Newlands
authors.affiliation: Royal Surrey County Hospital, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gurney
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000379:methods; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy / Q000379:methods; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Lymphatic metastasis; Melanoma; Neck dissection; Sentinel node biopsy