Updated Swiss Guidelines for the Treatment and Follow-Up of Cutaneous Melanoma

Vol. 210, No. 1, 2005

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Pharmacology and Treatment

Updated Swiss Guidelines for the Treatment and Follow-Up of Cutaneous Melanoma
R. Dummer, R. Panizzon, P.H. Bloch, G. Burg, on behalf of the task force 'Skin Cancer', ¹

Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland

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Dermatology 2005;210:39-44 (DOI: 10.1159/000081482)

Key Words

Cutaneous melanoma
Swiss melanoma guidelines

Abstract

Melanoma is the most common lethal cutaneous neoplasm. In order to harmonize treatment and follow-up of melanoma patients, guidelines for the management of melanoma in Switzerland have been inaugurated in 2001. These have been approved by all Swiss medical societies involved in the care of melanoma patients. New data necessitated changes concerning the safety margins (reduction to maximally 2 cm) and modifications of the recommendations of follow-up.

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Reinhard Dummer, MD
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zurich
Gloriastrasse 31
CH-8091 Zürich (Switzerland)
Tel. +41 44 255 25 07, Fax +41 44 255 89 88, E-Mail reinhard.dummer@usz.ch

Article Information

The guidelines have been discussed and approved by the Project Group 'Melanoma' of the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK) with the following members: A. Barth, Solothurn; D. Guggisberg, Neuchâtel; D. Hohl, Lausanne; P. Mäder, St. Gallen; W. Mingrone, Aarau; R. Morant, St. Gallen; N. Schaub, Basel; R. von Moos, St. Gallen.Representatives of the following medical societies of Switzerland have approved the guidelines: A. Banic* for the Swiss Society for Reconstructive Surgery; K.W. Grätz* for the Swiss Society for Maxillofacial Surgery; T. Hardmeier for the Swiss Society for Pathology; H.-M. Hoogewoud* for the Swiss Society for Medical Radiology; R. Obrist* and P.-Y. Dietrich for the Swiss Society for Medical Oncology; T. Rufli for the Swiss Society of Dermatology and Venereology; S. Schmid for the Swiss Society for Otorhinolaryngology; H. Steinert for the Swiss Society for Nuclear Medicine; M. Wolfensberger* for the Swiss Society for Otorhinolaryngology (* = presidents according to the FMH Swiss Medical List).

Received: July 29, 2004
Accepted: August 6, 2004
Number of Print Pages : 6
Number of Figures : 0, Number of Tables : 6, Number of References : 28

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