title: Principles and guidelines for surgeons: management of cutaneous malignant melanoma. European Society of Surgical Oncology Brussels.
abstract: This article outlines and discusses the principles of the guidelines for the management of malignant melanoma by surgeons. The guidelines are based, in large part, on the consensus of the Dutch Melanoma Working Party that was revised in 1997. The article reflects internationally accepted treatment principles that have arisen both from critical assessment of existing evidence and data, and from the outcome of randomized studies.
authors.affiliation: The Netherlands Cancer Institute (Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ziekenhuis), Amsterdam.
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Kroon
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Nieweg
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Hoekstra
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Lejeune
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008495:Medical Oncology; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011379:Prognosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012955:Societies, Medical