Il Melanoma
la guida alla conoscenza, prevenzione e cura del melanoma

Melanoma books: reading choices and historical catalogue

Patient reading, professional textbooks and historical works in context.

Choose a book for its purpose

A book can provide a coherent explanation, but rapid oncology developments make edition checking essential. A useful pathology or history text may be outdated on immunotherapy, targeted treatments or social rights. Before purchasing, verify title, authors, publisher, year and contents in the publisher’s or a library’s catalogue.

Patients and families may find accessible resources such as AIMaC booklets and NCI information a better starting point. For professionals, dermoscopy atlases, pathology texts and oncology reference works serve different purposes. An atlas cannot diagnose a lesion from a home photograph alone.

As an example of an edition newer than the original collection, Springer documents Cutaneous Melanoma, sixth edition, 2020, ISBN 978-3-030-05068-9. It is a professional reference work, not a treatment guide automatically updated to 2026. Clinical decisions require current guidelines and regulatory information alongside it.

Sources: Springer — Cutaneous Melanoma, sixth edition, 2020; AIMaC — Associazione italiana malati di cancro; NCI — Melanoma Treatment (PDQ).

Historical catalogue: works in the original collection

  1. Agarwala S.: Melanoma, Translational Research and Emerging Therapies: TMS 2008, 320 pp

  2. Argenziano, Soyer, De Gironi, Piccolo e altri: Interactive Atlas of Dermoscopy (book and CDROM)

  3. Balch C.M.: Cutaneous Melanoma; Quality Medical Pub; 2009:

  4. Barnhill R.L.: Pathology of Malignant Melanoma; Springer; 2004; 193 pp

  5. Bilchik A.: Melanoma, an issue of surgical oncology clinics, 2006, W.b. Saunders Company,

  6. Braun R.P.: Atlas de Dermatoscopie, Masson 2007

  7. Costanzi J. J., Costanzi G.: Clinical Management Of Malignant Melanoma, Springer 2007

  8. De Bins A.:  Induction and Analysis of Antigen-specific T cell Responses In Melanoma Patients and Animal Models: Amsterdam Univ Pr. 2007

  9. De Giorgi V., Aricò M., Lotti T.:Il melanoma. Prevenzione, diagnosi e terapia; Folini; 2008

  10. Dzwierzynski W.: Cutaneous Melanoma, 2009, W B Saunders Co / Elsevier Science Health Science div, 183 pp

  11. Fabrizi G., Massi G; Nevi e Melanomi nei Bambini; Elsevier; 2005

  12. Fisher D.E.: Advances in melanoma: an issue of hematology – oncology clinics; Saunders, 2009, 260 pp

  13. Gasparini S., Giovene G, Ferranti G: Trattato di dermoscopia; Lavoisier; 2004; 178 pp

  14. Guillot B.: Chimiothérapie Du Melanome: 2006: Editions Espaces 34

  15. Guillot B.: Dépistage et cancers cutanés, Springer Paris, 2008

  16. Hearing VJ, Leong SPL: From melanocytes to melanoma: Springer, 2010

  17. Institut National du Cancer: France: [INCa] : Nouveau guide INCa sur les traitements du mélanome de la peau: 2011

  18. Jager J.M. Niederkorn J.Y., Ksander B.R.: Uveal melanoma,  2004, Informa Helthcare

  19. Jill R., Md Schofield, William A., MD Robinson:What You Really Need to Know About Moles and Melanoma; Johns Hopkins Press Health Book, 2000

  20. Johr RH, Soyer P, Argenziano G, Hofman-Wellendorf R, Scalvenzi M: Dermoscopy: The Essentials: Mosby 2004

  21. Johr R., Stolz W.: Dermoscopy, an illustrated self-assessment guide; McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing2010

  22. Kaufman H.L.: The Melanoma Book: A Complete Guide to Prevention and Treatment, Including the Early Detection Self-Exam Body Map; Gotham; 2005; 352 pp

  23. Kopf Alfred W.:An Atlas of Dermoscopy, Kindle Edition, April 17, 2007

  24. Leboit P., Massi G.: The Histological Diagnosis of Nevi and Melanoma, Levoisier, 2004

  25. Malvety J, Puig S., Braun R, Marghoob AA, Kopf AW: Handbook of Dermoscopy, Taylor and Francis, 2006

  26. Marghoob AA, Braun R, Kopf AW  Atlas of Dermoscopy. London: Parthenon Publishing, 2004

  27. Massimelli M, Vitetta G:  Il melanoma: aspetti medico legali, Minerva Medica 2007, 96 pp

  28. McClay, Edward; McClay, Mary-Eileen T.; Smith, Jodie. 100 Questions & Answers about Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers. Boston: Jones and Bartlett, 2004

  29. Menzies S, Crotty K, Ingvar C, Mc Carthy W: Dermoscopy- An Atlas: mc graw-hill 2009, 270 p

  30. Micali G. e Lacarrubba F.:  Dermatoscopy in Clinical Practice, Informa Healthcare, 2009

  31. Myer Chuck: Melanoma melodrama: a medical memoir, Paperback 2008

  32. Piepkorn M., Busam K.J., Barnhill R.L.: Pathology of Melanocytic Nevi and Malignant Melanoma; Springer; 2004; 406 pp

  33. Pizzichetta M.A., Bono R., Stanganelli I., Carli P.: Il melanoma difficile; Minerva Medica; 2006; 96 pp

  34. Poole C.M.: Melanoma: Prevention, Detection, and Treatment; Second Edition; Yale University Press; 2005; 216 pp

  35. Robins P., Perez M.: Understanding melanoma: what you need to know, 2006

  36. Roth D. E.: Dermatology Research Focus on Acne, Melanoma and Psoriasis: Nova Science Pub Inc.; 332 pp, 2010

  37. Scuderi N., Ribuffo D. Il melanoma; Verducu Editore; Febbraio 2005; 180 pp

  38. Thompson J.F., Morton D.L., Kroon B.B.R.: Textbook of Melanoma: Pathology, Diagnosis and Management; Informa Healthcare, 708 pp; 2003

  39. Veronesi U., Testori A.: Il melanoma. Diagnosi e trattamento specialistico; Elsevier; 2000

Editorial review and source consultation: 17 October 2026. Educational information, not individual healthcare or benefits advice. Source checking does not certify a new specialist clinical validation.