{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,10]],"date-time":"2026-04-10T02:55:47Z","timestamp":1775789747908,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":48,"publisher":"Wiley","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2012,3,26]],"date-time":"2012-03-26T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1332720000000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["ISRN Surgery"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2012,3,26]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>The incidence of malignant melanoma appears to be increasing at an alarming rate throughout the world over the past 30\u201340 years and continues to increase in the United States, Canada, Australia, Asia, and Europe. The behavior of head and neck melanoma is aggressive, and it has an overall poorer prognosis than that of other skin sites. The authors review the published literature and text books, intending to give an overall picture of malignant melanomas of the head and neck and a special emphasis on treatment considerations with controversies in treatment including biopsy, radiation therapy, sentinel node biopsy, and nodal dissection.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5402\/2012\/948302","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,3,26]],"date-time":"2012-03-26T22:18:39Z","timestamp":1332800319000},"page":"1-7","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":34,"title":["Head and Neck Melanoma"],"prefix":"10.5402","volume":"2012","author":[{"given":"R.","family":"Shashanka","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Surgery, Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences, Karnataka, Hassan 573201, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3305-2857","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"B. R.","family":"Smitha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Sri Hasanamba Dental College & Hospital, Karnataka, Hassan 573201, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","reference":[{"key":"1","volume-title":"Pigmented lesions of the oral mucosa","year":"2008"},{"key":"2","volume-title":"Malignant neoplasms of the oral soft tissues","year":"1993"},{"key":"3","volume-title":"Epithelial pathology","year":"2009"},{"key":"4","first-page":"85","year":"1975","journal-title":"Excerpta Medica"},{"key":"5","volume-title":"Skin lesions of the head and neck","volume":"3","year":"2001"},{"issue":"5","key":"6","first-page":"460","volume":"87","year":"1977","journal-title":"Laryngoscope"},{"issue":"3","key":"7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"413","DOI":"10.1016\/S0094-1298(20)30197-8","volume":"3","year":"1976","journal-title":"Clinics in Plastic Surgery"},{"issue":"4","key":"8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"518","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-9610(80)90203-2","volume":"140","year":"1980","journal-title":"American Journal of Surgery"},{"issue":"24","key":"9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1893","DOI":"10.1093\/jnci\/81.24.1893","volume":"81","year":"1989","journal-title":"Journal of the National Cancer Institute"},{"issue":"4","key":"10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"425","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9610(70)80001-0","volume":"120","year":"1970","journal-title":"The American Journal of Surgery"},{"issue":"4","key":"11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"244","DOI":"10.1001\/archotol.1976.00780090086015","volume":"102","year":"1976","journal-title":"Archives of Otolaryngology"},{"key":"12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/jso.10247"},{"key":"13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/01.mlg.0000217236.06585.a9"},{"issue":"8, article no. 20","key":"14","volume":"14","year":"2008","journal-title":"Dermatology Online Journal"},{"key":"15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3844\/ajassp.2009.1467.1472"},{"issue":"1","key":"16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"158","DOI":"10.1200\/JCO.2003.07.173","volume":"21","year":"2003","journal-title":"Journal of Clinical Oncology"},{"issue":"11","key":"17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"806","DOI":"10.1093\/jnci\/95.11.806","volume":"95","year":"2003","journal-title":"Journal of the National Cancer Institute"},{"issue":"24","key":"18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1878","DOI":"10.1093\/jnci\/djg123","volume":"95","year":"2003","journal-title":"Journal of the National Cancer Institute"},{"key":"19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejca.2004.10.015"},{"issue":"21","key":"20","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3146","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.1987.03400210088032","volume":"258","year":"1987","journal-title":"Journal of the American Medical Association"},{"issue":"4","key":"21","first-page":"343","volume":"160","year":"1994","journal-title":"Western Journal of Medicine"},{"key":"22","volume-title":"Benign and malignant tumors of the oral cavity","year":"2009"},{"key":"23","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.292.22.2771"},{"key":"24","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archderm.141.4.434"},{"issue":"4","key":"25","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"242","DOI":"10.1177\/107327480501200406","volume":"12","year":"2005","journal-title":"Cancer Control"},{"key":"26","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archderm.140.1.107"},{"key":"27","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jaad.2004.02.017"},{"key":"28","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.0007-0963.2004.05870.x"},{"key":"29","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archsurg.139.8.831"},{"key":"30","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1245\/s10434-010-0986-3"},{"key":"31","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1245\/s10434-007-9675-2"},{"key":"32","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1200\/JCO.2009.23.4799"},{"key":"33","year":"2002"},{"issue":"16","key":"34","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3622","DOI":"10.1200\/JCO.2001.19.16.3622","volume":"19","year":"2001","journal-title":"Journal of Clinical Oncology"},{"key":"35","volume-title":"Melanoma of the skin","year":"2009"},{"key":"37","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMe038235"},{"issue":"10","key":"38","first-page":"1101","volume":"137","year":"2002","journal-title":"Archives of Surgery"},{"key":"39","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/cncr.11243"},{"key":"40","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/cncr.11921"},{"key":"41","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/hed.1112"},{"key":"42","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/hed.1106"},{"key":"43","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1053\/j.seminoncol.2004.03.017"},{"key":"44","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0360-3016(99)00431-9"},{"key":"45","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1158\/1078-0432.CCR-1103-3"},{"issue":"11","key":"46","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"781","DOI":"10.1067\/j.cpsurg.2006.08.003","volume":"43","year":"2006","journal-title":"Current Problems in Surgery"},{"key":"47","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/01.mlg.0000225967.93261.fc"},{"issue":"15","key":"48","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"913","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM198210073071503","volume":"307","year":"1982","journal-title":"The New England Journal of Medicine"},{"key":"49","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"115","DOI":"10.2174\/1573394054021718","volume":"1","year":"2005","journal-title":"Current Cancer Therapy Reviews"}],"container-title":["ISRN Surgery"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/archive\/2012\/948302.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/archive\/2012\/948302.xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/archive\/2012\/948302.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,10]],"date-time":"2020-12-10T03:12:24Z","timestamp":1607569944000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.hindawi.com\/journals\/isrn\/2012\/948302\/"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2012,3,26]]},"references-count":48,"alternative-id":["948302","948302"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5402\/2012\/948302","relation":{},"ISSN":["2090-5793"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2090-5793","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2012,3,26]]}}}