title: The multidisciplinary melanoma center.
abstract: The evolution of the multidisciplinary melanoma clinics from 1965 to the present is reviewed. The University of California Melanoma Center database is presented as a model of actual visualization of the data in the care of individual melanoma patients. The basis of the ideal melanoma multidisciplinary center is given with common attributes that could be shared among all clinics, thus establishing a national network of such clinics.
authors.affiliation: Mount Zion Melanoma Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Sagebiel
mesh_terms: D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012495:San Francisco; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D016019:Survival Analysis