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==Overview==
==Overview==
There are no chest x-ray findings associated with melanoma. Chest x-ray may be considered for diagnosis of metastatic lesions among patients who have been diagnosed with stage IV melanoma and for secondary prevention of melanoma among patients who were previously diagnosed with Stage IIB-IV melanoma (annually for 5 years).<ref name="pmid23584343">{{cite journal| author=Coit DG, Andtbacka R, Anker CJ, Bichakjian CK, Carson WE, Daud A et al.| title=Melanoma, version 2.2013: featured updates to the NCCN guidelines. | journal=J Natl Compr Canc Netw | year= 2013 | volume= 11 | issue= 4 | pages= 395-407 | pmid=23584343 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23584343  }} </ref>
There are no chest x-ray findings associated with melanoma.
==Chest X Ray==
==Chest X Ray==
There are no chest x-ray findings associated with melanoma.  
There are no chest x-ray findings associated with melanoma.  
*Chest x-ray may be considered for diagnosis of metastatic lesions in the following conditions:<ref name="pmid23584343">{{cite journal| author=Coit DG, Andtbacka R, Anker CJ, Bichakjian CK, Carson WE, Daud A et al.| title=Melanoma, version 2.2013: featured updates to the NCCN guidelines. | journal=J Natl Compr Canc Netw | year= 2013 | volume= 11 | issue= 4 | pages= 395-407 | pmid=23584343 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23584343  }} </ref>
:*For patients who have been diagnosed with stage IV melanoma
:*For secondary prevention of melanoma among patients who were previously diagnosed with Stage IIB-IV melanoma (annually for 5 years)


==References==
==References==

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