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19959353

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
Cutaneous melanoma (CM) is potentially the most dangerous form of skin tumour and causes 90% of skin cancer mortality. A unique collaboration of multi-disciplinary experts from the European Dermatology Forum, the European Association of Dermato-Oncology and the European Organization of Research and Treatment of Cancer was formed to make recommendations on CM diagnosis and treatment, based on systematic literature reviews and the experts' experience. Diagnosis is made clinically and staging is based upon the AJCC system. CMs are excised with one to two centimetre safety margins. Sentinel lymph node dissection is routinely offered as a staging procedure in patients with tumours more than 1mm in thickness, although there is as yet no resultant survival benefit. Interferon-alpha treatment can be offered to patients with more than 1.5mm in thickness and stage II to III melanoma as an adjuvant therapy, as this treatment increases the relapse-free survival. The lack of a clear survival benefit and the presence of toxicity however limit its use in practice. In distant metastasis, all options of surgical therapy have to be considered thoroughly. In the absence of surgical options, systemic medical treatment is indicated, but with, to date, low response rates. Therapeutic decisions should be made by the melanoma team and the informed patient after full discussion of the options.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1879-0852
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
270-83
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnosis and treatment of melanoma: European consensus-based interdisciplinary guideline.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Dermatooncology, Department of Dermatology, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. claus.garbe@med.uni-tuebingen.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Practice Guideline, Consensus Development Conference