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Publication AbstractsAeromedical Decision-Making for Aviators with Malignant Melanoma: An Update and ReviewMatthew R. Gee, M.D., and Jeb S. Pickard, M.D.Aviat Space Environ Med 2000; 71:245-50 AbstractA review of the recent medical literature on malignant melanoma yielded sufficient information to correlate readily identifiable tumor characteristics to disease-free intervals, and in turn to subsequent risk of cerebral metastasis and neurologic incapacitation. These data were used to construct a new decision table to help guide flight surgeons considering a flying waiver for aviators with a history of melanoma.Keywords: aerospace medicine, melanoma, prognosis, disability evaluation, decision support techniques, metastasis, brain neoplasms. Information on subscribing, and on obtaining copies of an article or of an entire issue. Table of Contents for Volume 71, Number 3 of the ASME journal.
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