Need for a new skin cancer management strategy.
The worldwide incidence of skin cancer (especially nonmelanoma skin cancer) has increased markedly during the last decades. Skin cancer should be considered a chronic disease. To manage the future costs and quality of care for patients with skin cancer, a revised health strategy is needed. These new strategies should be combined into a disease management system that organizes health care for one well-documented health care problem using a systematic approach. This article explores multiple opportunities for the development of a disease management system regarding skin cancer that will provide structured and multidisciplinary care.
van der Geer
Simone
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Department of Dermatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Burg's Jacobsplein 51, Rotterdam, Netherlands. s.vandergeer@erasmusmc.nl
Reijers
Hajo A
HA
van Tuijl
Harrie F J M
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de Vries
Hein
H
Krekels
Gertruud A M
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D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000592:standards*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000592:standards*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*