title: [Advancements in the diagnosis of melanoma].
abstract: The continuously increasing incidence of melanoma and new developments in the therapy of metastatic disease require accurate diagnosis in all stages of melanoma. This study overviews the development of diagnostics tools in recent years/decades that are used in everyday medical practice such as optical diagnostic tools utilized for diagnosing primary tumors, sentinel lymph node biopsy, developments in molecular diagnostics, as well as the role of PET/CT in imaging techniques.
authors.affiliation: Onkodermatológiai Osztály, Országos Onkológiai Intézet, Budapest, Hungary. liszkay@oncol.hu.
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liszkay
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008545:Melanoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009154:Mutation; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D057089:Pathology, Molecular; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor