Table of Contents - melanoma_new

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• Melanoma
• Table of contents
• About these guidelines
  • NCCN Guidelines for Patients™
  • NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelinesin Oncology™
  • NCCN Member Institutions
  • NCCN Guidelines Panel Members
  • How to use this booklet
• About my cancer
  • Main Points
  • Layers of the skin
  • What is melanoma of the skin?
  • Am I at risk?
  • Types of melanoma
  • Preventing skin cancer
  • Skin cancer screening exams
• Tests of melanoma
  • Main Points
  • Do I have melanoma?
  • Tests after diagnosis
  • The pathology report
  • Stages of melanoma
• Treating melanoma
  • Main Points
  • Choosing your treatment
  • Getting a 2nd opinion
  • Treatments for melanoma
  • What are clinical trials?
• Treating signs and symptoms
  • Main Points
  • Common side effects
  • Symptom control
  • Supportive care
• Beyond usual treatment
  • Main Points
  • Aren’t there other treatments?
  • What else can I do?
  • Caring for caregivers
• A step-by-step treatment guide
  • Main Points
  • Clinical staging of melanoma
    • Biopsy tests
    • Medical history and physical exams
• In situ and local melanoma
  • Initial tests
  • Primary and adjuvant treatment
  • Follow-up tests
• Regional melanoma
  • Initial tests
  • Primary and adjuvant treatment
  • Follow-up tests
• Persistent or recurrentnonmetastatic melanoma
  • Tests
  • Treatment of node-negative recurrence
  • Treatment of lymph node recurrence
• Metastatic melanoma
  • Initial tests
  • Primary and adjuvant treatment
  • Follow-up Tests
• Dictionary
• Tools
  • Questions to ask about testing for melanoma
  • Questions to ask about treating melanoma
  • Questions to ask about clinical trials
  • Suggestions for taking care of yourself
  • Suggestions for taking care of caregivers
  • Personal treatment record
• Medical Review
• NCCN Member Institutions
• NCCN Guidelines staff
• NCCN Patient Guidelines staff