Melanoma: pathogenesis, clinic and histopathology

Authors

  • Álvaro Enrique Acosta
  • Eduardo Fierro
  • Victoria Eugenia Velásquez
  • Xavier Rueda

Keywords:

Melanoma, risk factors, pathogenesis, clinic, diagnosis, histhopathology, prognostic

Abstract

Melanoma is the malignant transformation of the melanocyte. It is a highly invasive and often fatal tumor. It accounts for the vast majority of skin cancer deaths, with an estimated of 80% of all skin cancer deaths. Melanoma in its early stages is an eminently curable disease. It is time to increase one’s suspicion of early melanoma. The aim of this paper is to address melanoma epidemiology, etiology, clinical presentation, biopsy methods, prognosis, and diagnosis.
This is a non systematic melanoma review based on scientific papers that have been discussed, in the last 3 years with Dermatology residents and Dermatooncology fellows, at the Grupo de Dermatología of the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología. Most of the articles were selected from the internet by Eduardo Fierro. The medical concepts written in this paper is only responsibility of the authors and it is not the official point of view of the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología.

Author Biographies

Álvaro Enrique Acosta

Médico dermatólogo, dermatólogo oncólogo; coordinador, Clínica de Piel, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología; profesor asociado, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.

Eduardo Fierro

Médico dermatólogo, dermatólogo oncólogo; profesor adscrito, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.

Victoria Eugenia Velásquez

Médica, residente III año de Dermatología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.

Xavier Rueda

Médico dermatólogo, dermatólogo oncólogo, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia

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Acosta Álvaro E, Fierro E, Velásquez VE, Rueda X. Melanoma: pathogenesis, clinic and histopathology. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2019 Feb. 12 [cited 2024 Jul. 22];17(2):87-108. Available from: https://revista.asocolderma.org.co/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/156

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Acosta Álvaro E, Fierro E, Velásquez VE, Rueda X. Melanoma: pathogenesis, clinic and histopathology. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2019 Feb. 12 [cited 2024 Jul. 22];17(2):87-108. Available from: https://revista.asocolderma.org.co/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/156

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