tailieunhanh - CURRENT MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT MELANOMA

Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. The incidence of malignant melanoma has increased exponentially in recent decades. Although there are some available treatments for melanoma, the mortality rate is still high. The stage of melanoma at diagnosis is directly related to the treatment options and the survival rate. In the last decade, much more efforts have been made in the understanding and the management of the disease. This book has contributions from experts in the field, and provides the most recent perspectives of basic research and clinical development for the management of melanoma | CURRENT MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT MELANOMA Edited by Ming Yu Cao Current Management of Malignant Melanoma Edited by Ming Yu Cao Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9 51000 Rijeka Croatia Copyright 2011 InTech All chapters are Open Access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike Attribution license which permits to copy distribute transmit and adapt the work in any medium so long as the original work is properly cited. After this work has been published by InTech authors have the right to republish it in whole or part in any publication of which they are the author and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published articles. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials instructions methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Davor Vidic Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer Jan Hyrat Image Copyright SeDmi 2011. Used under license from First published September 2011 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@ Current Management of Malignant Melanoma Edited by Ming Yu Cao p. cm. ISBN 978-953-307-264-7 kfTE IJ OPEN ACCESS INI Lvrl PUBLISHER INTECH open free online editions of InTech Books and Journals can be found at .