Context.—There have been major advances in the understanding of melanoma since the
last revision of the World Health Organization (WHO) classification in 2006. Objective.—To …

Malignant melanoma is an aggressive, therapy-resistant malignancy of melanocytes. The
incidence of melanoma has been steadily increasing worldwide, resulting in an increasing …

Over the past few years, the NCCN Guidelines for Melanoma: Cutaneous have been
expanded to include pathways for treatment of microscopic satellitosis (added in v2. 2020) …

The incidence of primary cutaneous melanoma continues to increase each year. Melanoma
accounts for the majority of skin cancer–related deaths, but treatment is usually curative …

These guidelines reflect the best published data available at the time the report was
prepared. Caution should be exercised in interpreting the data; the results of future studies …

The incidence of primary cutaneous melanoma has been increasing dramatically for several
decades. Melanoma accounts for the majority of skin cancer–related deaths, but treatment is …

This book provides an authoritative guide to the histological and genetic typing of human
tumors of the skin. This volume covers keratinocytic, melanocytic, appendageal …

Desmoplastic melanoma (DM) is a variant of spindle cell melanoma typically found on
chronically sun-damaged skin of older individuals. Early diagnosis can be challenging …

A potential diagnostic pitfall in the histologic assessment of melanoma is the inability to
recognize unusual melanoma variants. Of these, the more treacherous examples include the …

This review presents the main challenges encountered when diagnosing unusual variants of
malignant melanoma with the aim of raising awareness to allow application of the most …