Surgery |
All melanoma suspected lesion must be biopsied |
A |
1a |
Surgical margins should be Breslow adapted |
A |
1a |
Melanomas of more than 1 mm should undergo sentinel node biopsy |
A |
1a |
Melanomas of 0.75 mm should undergo sentinel node biopsy if there are risk factors |
B |
1a |
Lymph node resection should be performed if sentinel node is positive or clinically evident |
A |
2a |
Solitary metastases must be surgically removed |
B |
2b |
Adjuvant therapy |
High risk melanoma patients could receive interferon adjuvant therapy |
B |
1a |
If surgical margins are affected adjuvant radiotherapy may be added |
B |
2b |
Adjuvant radiotherapy should be considered if more than 3 nodes are present, one is larger than 3 cm or capsule is broken |
C |
1b |
Locoregional disease |
Palliative radiotherapy can be used in in transit metastases |
C |
4 |
Surgery can be used for in transit metastases |
C |
4 |
Isolated limb perfusion can be used for in transit metastases |
C |
4 |
T-VEC can be used in locorregional disease |
B |
1a |
Metastatic disease |
B-RAF determination should be done for all metastatic patients |
A |
1a |
Combined B-RAF/MEK inhibition should be offered for BRAF mutated patients |
A |
1a |
Anti-PD1 containing therapy is the first option for BRAF wild type patients |
A |
1a |
BRAF inhibitors may be used in brain metastases |
A |
2a |
Anti PD1 based therapy can be an alternative for BRAF mutated patients whose disease is not aggressively progressing |
B |
2a |
Chemotherapy is an option if no other therapy could be available |
A |
1A |
Patients treated with immunotherapy must be offered BRAF/MEK therapy as second line |
A |
2b |
Patients treated with BRAF/MEK inhibitors must be offered anti-PD1 based therapy |
A |
2a |
KIT mutated melanomas may be offered KIT kinase inhibitors |
C |
2b |
NRAS mutated melanomas may be offered encorafenib |
C |
2b |
Follow up |
Ten year follow up must be offered |
B |
1b |
Lifelong skin examination is recommended |
B |
3b |
Self-examination is recommended |
B |
3b |
Physical examination is recommended |
A |
2b |
Lymph node sonogram is recommended if physical exam is not clear |
A |
1A |