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Contents

 

Introduction

Detection

Stages

Treatment

Glossary

Help


Decision Trees

Work-up

Work-up & Treatment – Lower Stages

Work-up & Treatment – Higher Stages

Follow-Up

Recurrence

Recurrence with Distant Spread

 

 

   
 

Authors and NCCN Panel Members

American Cancer Society

The Melanoma Treatment Guidelines for Patients were developed by a diverse group of experts and were based on the NCCN clinical practice guidelines. These patient guidelines were written for patients, reviewed, and published with the help from the following individuals:
 

Terri Ades, MS, APRN-BC, AOCN
American Cancer Society

Herman Kattlove, MD
American Cancer Society

Alan N. Houghton, MD / Chair
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center

Julie R. Lange, MD
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

John A. Thompson, MD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

Joan McClure, MS
National Comprehensive
Cancer Network

Shannan Rafine
National Comprehensive
Cancer Network

 

The original NCCN Melanoma Clinical Practice Guidelines were developed by the following NCCN Panel Members:
 

David Chu, MD
City of Hope Cancer Center

Daniel G. Coit, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center

Adil Daud, MD
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute at the University of South Florida

Raza A. Dilawari, MD
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Cancer Institute

Jared A Gollob, MD
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

Naomi B Haas, MD
Fox Chase Cancer Center

Allan Halpern, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center

Alan N. Houghton, MD / Chair
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center

Timothy M. Johnson, MD
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

Mohammed Kashani-Sabet, MD
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center

William G. Kraybill, MD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Julie R. Lange, MD
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Mary Martini, MD
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Merrick I. Ross, MD
The University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Wolfram E. Samlowski, MD
Huntsman Cancer Institute
at the University of Utah

 

Stephen F. Sener, MD
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Kenneth K. Tanabe, MD
Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare

Stefano Tarantolo. MD
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center at
The Nebraska Medical Center

John A. Thompson, MD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

Marshall M. Urist, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center

Michael J. Walker, MD
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Richard J. Solove Research Institute at The Ohio State University

 

 

For more information on these treatment guidelines, or on cancer in general, call the NCCN at 1-888-909-NCCN or the American Cancer Society at 1-800-ACS-2345. Or you can visit these organizations’ web sites at www.cancer.org (ACS) and www.nccn.org (NCCN).

 

© 2005 by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the American Cancer Society (ACS). All rights reserved. The information herein may not be reproduced in any form for commercial purposes or downloaded and stored in any information-retrieval system without the express written permission of the NCCN and the ACS. Single copies of each page may be printed out for personal, noncommercial use only.

 

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