Abstract
The diagnosis of primary melanoma is mainly related to the precocity on which a patient is referred to the specialist, but in elderly patients this may present some peculiar characteristics, one is anatomical, a typical melanoma of the face, the lentigo maligna melanoma and the second is attitudinal, the fact that elderly patients often do not refer a changing cutaneous lesion to a doctor until becoming symptomatic. The therapeutic approach has to be discussed with an anaesthesiologist if the procedure has to be conducted under general anaesthesia or with a cardiologist if under local anaesthesia. Once there are no contraindications medically, a similar oncological approach should be proposed without any reduction in radicality due to the elderly age.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 211-221 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Surgical Oncology |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2004 |
Keywords
- Elderly
- Melanoma
- Surgery
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Surgery