title: [Cutaneous neoplasms].
abstract: The skin is the organ most commonly affected by malignancies. Various cancers of the skin show a dramatic increase in incidence over the last decades. Epithelial skin tumors are most frequently, e.g., basal cell carcinoma and the squamous cell carcinoma with its precursors, the actinic keratoses. Melanoma, which is extremely difficult to treat in advanced tumor stages, is dreaded. Besides that, there are other epithelial malignant diseases, e.g. Morbus Bowen and adnexal tumors originating from the skin appendices. Mesenchymal malignant neoplasias such as Morbus Kaposi, angiosarcomas and other dermal sarcomas, are rare. Since the majority of malignant neoplasms is removable and curable by a simple surgical intervention, the knowledge of the different skin tumors is essential for non-dermatologist.
authors.affiliation: Dermatologische Klinik, UniversitätsSpital Zürich. reinhard.dummer@usz.ch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dummer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beyeler
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morcinek
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Burg
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000634:Aminoquinolines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D001913:Bowen's Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017679:Cryotherapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D000077271:Imiquimod; D007167:Immunotherapy; D007642:Keratosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000634:Aminoquinolines; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000077271:Imiquimod; D005472:Fluorouracil