Melanoma - nail bed
Summary
Location: Toes/sole of the foot
Behaviour: Between oral melanomas and skin melanomas, frequent metastases (> 50%)
Diagnostics: Needle aspirate/lymph node removal, radiography (bone and chest cavity)
Treatment: Primary tumour: surgery and additional radiotherapy
Prognosis: Strongly depending on the stage and treatment method used
Pictures
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References
  1. Bergman PJ, Kent MS. MelanomaOral. Withrow and MacEwen's Small Animal Clinical Oncology, 5th edition, Chapter 19 (p 321-330).
  2. Bergman PJ, Selmic LE, Kent SE. Melanoma. Withrow and MacEwen's Small Animal Clinical Oncology, 6th edition, Chapter 20 (p 367-381).
Clinical trials
16-ONCO-07
Innovative immunotherapy for solid tumors