Node Dissection for Extremity Melanoma?

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Abstract
Malignant melanoma, a visible cutaneous lesion, innocuous and readily curable at inception, but unsightly, painful and usually fatal at advanced stages, continues to attract medical interest far out of proportion to its incidence, approximately 1 per cent of all cancers. In recent years, the behavior of melanoma, once thought to be bizarre, has become more predictable as a result of the studies by Clark,1 McGovern2 and Breslow,3 who have correlated histologic type of melanoma and depth of skin invasion by millimeters or anatomic level with clinical prognosis. Controversy over the treatment of melanoma continues to occupy the literature, and one . . .