SEOM clinical guideline for the management of cutaneous melanoma (2020)

Clin Transl Oncol. 2021 May;23(5):948-960. doi: 10.1007/s12094-020-02539-9. Epub 2021 Mar 2.

Abstract

Melanoma affects about 6000 patients a year in Spain. A group of medical oncologists from Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM) and Spanish Multidisciplinary Melanoma Group (GEM) has designed these guidelines to homogenize the management of these patients. The diagnosis must be histological and determination of BRAF status has to be performed in patients with stage ≥ III. Stage I-III resectable melanomas will be treated surgically. In patients with stage III melanoma, adjuvant treatment with immunotherapy or targeted therapy is also recommended. Patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma will receive treatment with immunotherapy or targeted therapy, the optimal sequence of these treatments remains unclear. Brain metastases require a separate consideration, since, in addition to systemic treatment, they may require local treatment. Patients must be followed up closely to receive or change treatment as soon as their previous clinical condition changes, since multiple therapeutic options are available.

Keywords: Adjuvant treatment metastatic treatment; Melanoma; Staging.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary
  • Brain Neoplasms / therapy
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant / methods
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Immunotherapy / methods
  • Lymph Node Excision
  • Medical Oncology
  • Melanoma / diagnosis
  • Melanoma / genetics
  • Melanoma / pathology*
  • Melanoma / therapy*
  • Molecular Targeted Therapy / methods
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf / analysis
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf / genetics
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Skin Neoplasms / genetics
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Societies, Medical
  • Spain

Substances

  • BRAF protein, human
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf