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. 2017 Nov 7;20(1):69–74. doi: 10.1007/s12094-017-1768-1
Recommendations table
 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