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Postoj pacientů dlouhodobě sledovaných pro dg. Maligní melanom k prevenci a dispenzarizaci / The attitude towards prevention and long-term follow-up in patients diagnosed with melanoma

52 7.2 Souhrn v anglickém jazyce Malignant melanoma is the most lethal skin cancer whose incidence has been worldwide increasing. The prognosis of the disease is dependent on many factors - the effected locality, age, form of the tumor and the growth stage at which it was surgically removed. There has been no reliable adjuvant treatment available so far; although cytokins have been recently administered to high-risk patients. The accent is therefore put mainly on the timely detection and the relevant extent of surgical intervention whose degree depends on the stage of the disease. The result of the above mentioned facts is the necessity of an early diagnosis of new cases and permanent follow-up of the patients in whom melanoma has been already confirmed. The patients in the follow-up care are regularly checked, for the rest of their lives, at by the so called melanoma commissions, usually at dermatological clinics. The permanent contact with fact of the possible presence of the disease (information about the diagnosis, repeated follow-ups, waiting for the results of the examination) is stressful for these patients, although they become, to a certain extent, gradually adapted to stress. A good adaptation is however dependent also on the extent of social support, depression, the severity of the disease and...

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:321453
Date January 2013
CreatorsKonkoľová, Radmila
ContributorsProvazníková, Hana, Janout, Vladimír, Skořepová, Magdalena
Source SetsCzech ETDs
LanguageCzech
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

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