Cutaneous Melanoma, Fifth Edition

This classic text is the definitive and authoritative textbook on melanoma used worldwide. The fifth edition provides the most comprehensive information needed for the clinical management and scientific study of melanoma. Written by the leading melanoma experts from the United States, Australia, and Europe, this edition collectively incorporates the clinical outcomes of more than 60,000 patients treated at major melanoma centers throughout the world, with a balanced perspective of the risks and benefits involved in each treatment modality.

About the Author

Charles Balch Professor of Surgery, Oncology, and Dermatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Deputy Director for Clinical Trials and Outcomes Research, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland. Alan Houghton, Vice Chairman, Member, Department of Medicine and Immunology; Professor of Immunology, Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York. Arthur Sober, Professor, Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School; Director, Medical Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Seng-jaw Soong, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Department of Medicine; Director Emeritus, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Unit; Associate Director Emeritus of the Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Michael Atkins, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Deputy Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology; Director, Cancer Clinical Trials Office and Cutaneous Oncology Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston. John Thompson, Professor of Melanoma and Surgical Oncology, Discipline of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Sydney; Director, Sydney Melanoma Unit and Melanoma Institute Australia, Royal Prince Alfred and Mater Hospitals, Sydney, Australia.