Email this article Criteria for the definitive diagnosis of melanoma, by creation of a scorecard
- Authors: Yargunin S.A1, Davidenko I.S1
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- Clinical Oncological Center No1 of Health Department of Krasnodar Region
- Issue: Vol 18, No 3 (2013)
- Pages: 49-52
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1028-9984/article/view/40011
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/onco40011
- ID: 40011
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Melanoma of a skin is thought to be one of the most aggressive tumors with unpredictable prognosis because of a high potency of local growth, local and remote metastases, and dissemination. Regarding this point very important aspect is an adequate assessment of patients and proper therapy administration according to a disease stage. Options for effective diagnosis is to create a single user registration card will allow to create the uniform Russian Federation register of patients with a skin melanoma and will help to introduce an international treatment standard with distribution of patients on stages and substages.
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S. A Yargunin
Clinical Oncological Center No1 of Health Department of Krasnodar Region
Email: sdocer@rambler.ru
канд. мед. наук, зав. отд-нием хирургии опухолей кожи и мягких тканей
I. S Davidenko
Clinical Oncological Center No1 of Health Department of Krasnodar Region
Email: newfolder@mail.ru
заведующая отделением химиотерапии, доктор медицинских наук
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