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How Melanoma Is Treated in Real Life
Reinhard Dummer, MD;
Dirk Schadendorf, MD
Arch Dermatol. 2008;144(5):664-665.
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Melanoma still is the major problem of dermato-oncology. Its continuously rising incidence rate over decades has also been accompanied by an unchanged proportion of thicker melanomas associated with an increased mortality, especially in the male population.1 So far, public prevention campaigns have failed to stop this development in most countries. Many new technical devices have been evaluated to increase the specificity of initial diagnosis.
Dermatologists are responsible for organizing medical care for patients with melanoma and for arranging diagnostic and therapeutic procedures if they do not perform them themselves. In many countries worldwide, consensus guidelines for the medical care of patients with melanoma have been established.2-3 However, little is known about the translation of these recommendations into the daily clinical practice of treating patients with melanoma, especially outside of university settings.
The French working group led by Grange et al4-5 should be congratulated for . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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