title: Cutaneous melanoma: A current overview.
abstract: Cutaneous melanoma continues to increase in frequency, for unknown reasons, and it can pose considerable diagnostic challenges to clinician and pathologists alike. This review considers current concepts pertaining to that tumor, including those concerning epidemiology, clinical diagnosis, histologic findings, adjunctive diagnostic studies, and prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Pathology, University of Virginia Health System, Room 3020, 1215 Lee St, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0214. Electronic address: mrwick1@usa.net.
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Wick
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma; D012878:Skin Neoplasms
keywords: Biological therapy; Melanoma; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Skin tumors