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1. Comprehend the role of genetics in melanoma development.
2. Discuss the utility of digital imaging and care of people with numerous moles.
3. Understand the use of "Slow Mobs" in the treatment of Lentigo Maligna.
4. Recognize the role of sentinel lymph nodes biopsy in staging of melanoma.
5. Grasp the chemotherapeutic and clinical trial options in the treatment of advance melanoma.

The medical subject heading or MESH for today's topic "melanoma" is "Melanoma". Because there are many topics regarding Melanoma in this presentation, the reference staff as separtated the searches accordingly. Please note where MESH Subheadings and additional MESH terms are used. In order to narrow the results from PubMed MEDLINE, the reference staff has applied date (5 years), language (English), and species (human) restrictions. Another method to limiting search results is the use of the tag "[Majr]". [Magr] denotes a MeSH term that is one of the main topics discussed in the article. Please note that this is just a small portion of information on this topic. If you would like to learn more about what is available on this to other health topics, please contact the library at the phone number above and below.

Pubmed: "Melanoma/genetics"[Majr]
• Core Clinical Journals: (Results 43)
• Nursing Journals: (Results 2)
• Free Full Text: (Results 126)
  
  Pubmed: "Melanoma"[MeSH] AND ("Mohs Surgery"[MeSH] OR "micrographic surgery"
  
• Core Clinical Journals: (Results 11)
• Nursing Journals: (Results 2)
• Free Full Text: (Results 1)
  
  Pubmed: "Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy"[Majr] AND "Melanoma"[Majr]
  
• Core Clinical Journals: (Results 63)
• Nursing Journals: (Results 3)
• Free Full Text: (Results 57)
  
  Pubmed: "Melanoma/drug therapy"[Mesh] AND clinical trials[mesh]
  
• Core Clinical Journals: (Results 6)
• Free Full Text (Results 4)
  
  MedlinePlus Consumer Health Information on:
  
• Melanoma (English)
• Melanoma (Spanish)
• Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (English)
• Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (Spanish)

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