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NCCN Guidelines™ Version 1.2011 Panel Members
Melanoma
Daniel G. Coit, MD/Chair
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Huntsman Cancer Institute
at the University of Utah
Huntsman Cancer Institute
at the University of Utah
William E. Carson, III, MD
The Ohio State University
Comprehensive Cancer Center -
James Cancer Hospital and
Solove Research Institute
Adil Daud, MD
UCSF Helen Diller Family
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Raza A. Dilawari, MD
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital/
University of Tennessee Cancer Institute
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Robert Andtbacka, MD
Christopher J. Anker, MD
Christopher K. Bichakjian, MD
University of Michigan
Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Anthony J. Olszanski, MD
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Scott K. Pruitt, MD, PhD
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
Merrick I. Ross, MD
The University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Susan M. Swetter, MD
Stanford Comprehensive
Cancer Center
Kenneth K. Tanabe, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Cancer Center
John A. Thompson, MD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Vijay Trisal, MD
City of Hope
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Marshall M. Urist, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Dominick DiMaio, MD
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center
at The Nebraska Medical Center
Valerie Guild
Aim at Melanoma
Allan C. Halpern, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
F. Stephen Hodi, Jr. MD
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s
Cancer Center
Mark C. Kelley, MD
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Julie R. Lange, MD ScM
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive
Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Anne Lind, MD
Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish
Hospital and Washington University
School of Medicine
Mary C. Martini, MD
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer
Center of Northwestern University
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Nikhil I. Khushalani, MD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
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† Medical oncology
Þ Internal medicine
¶ Surgery/Surgical oncology
‡ Hematology/Hematology oncology
* Writing Committee member
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Pathology
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§ Radiotherapy/Radiation oncology
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NCCN Guidelines Panel Disclosures
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Summary of the Guidelines Updates
Clinical Presentation and Preliminary Workup (ME-1)
Stage 0 (in situ), Stage I-II (ME-2)
Stage III (ME-3)
Stage III in-transit (ME-4)
Stage IV (ME-5)
Follow-up (ME-6)
Persistent disease or True local scar recurrence, In-transit recurrence (ME-7)
Nodal recurrence (ME-8)
Distant metastatic disease (ME-9)
Principles of Biopsy and Pathology (ME-A)
Principles of Surgical Margins for Wide Excision of Primary Melanoma (ME-B)
Principles of Complete Lymph Node Dissection (ME-C)
Principles of Radiation Therapy (ME-D)
Systemic Therapy Options for Advanced or Metastatic Melanoma (ME-E)
Staging (ST-1)
Clinical Trials:
Categories of Evidence and
Consensus:
NCCN
All recommendations
are Category 2A unless otherwise
specified.
The
believes that the best management
for any cancer patient is in a clinical
trial. Participation in clinical trials is
especially encouraged.
NCCN
To find clinical trials online at NCCN
member institutions, click here:
nccn.org/clinical_trials/physician.html
See NCCN Categories of Evidence
and Consensus
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UPDATES
(1 of 2)
NCCN Guidelines™ Version 1.2011 Updates
Melanoma
Updates in Version 1.2011 of the NCCN Guidelines from Version 1.2010 include:Melanoma
ME-1
ME-2
ME-3
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Pathology report:
“Mitotic rate” changed to “Dermal mitotic rate”.
“Satellitosis, if present...” changed to “ satellitosis, if
present...”
“Pure desmoplasia if present” was added.
Footnote “d”: “Clark level IV” was added as an adverse feature.
“younger age” was removed as an adverse feature.
Clinical Stage:
Stage 0 in situ or Stage IA: “no ulceration” was added.
(Also for Stage IA)
Stage IA: Clarified as “Stage IA with adverse
features”.
Workup:
Under Stage IA: The statement, “Imaging only to evaluate specific
signs or symptoms” was removed from the algorithm and became
footnote “e”.
Footnote “h”: “
Footnote “k” was clarified as “ interferon has been
associated with improved DFS, but its impact on overall survival is
unclear”.
Workup for all stages: “Consider baseline imaging for staging...”
changed from category 2B to category 2A.
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Micro
one or more
Adjuvant
For lower risk patients, such as IA and IB lesions
0.5mm thick and mitotic rate < 2 per mm , SLNB should generally
not be recommended, unless there are specific clinical indications
(category 2B),” is new to the algorithm.
Stage II (clinically positive nodes): The recommendation changed to
“Consider RT to nodal basin if Stage IIIC with multiple nodes
involved or extranodal extension”.
Footnote “l” was revised.
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macroscopic
ME-5
ME-6
ME-9
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Workup: Third bullet regarding imaging changed from “Encourage
chest/abdominal/pelvic CT, MRI brain, and/or PET as clinically
indicated (category 2B)” to “Encourage chest/abdominal/pelvic CT,
MRI brain, and/or PET
”.
Footnote “p” that states, “Obtain tissue for genetic analysis if
relevant to eligibility for participation in a clinical trial” is new to the
algorithm.
Stage IIB-IV, NED; Third bullet: Changed to “Consider chest x-ray, CT
and/or PET-CT scans to screen...”
Routine “lab testing/radiologic imaging...” changed to “Routine
radiologic imaging...”
Footnote “q” was revised and the following statement was added,
“Routine blood tests are not recommended.”
Workup; Third bullet: “as clinically indicated” changed to “...for
baseline imaging and to evaluate specific signs or symptoms”
Limited; Resect pathway: “Interferon alfa (category 2B)” was
removed as an option.
Disseminated; With brain metastases pathway: Recommendations
changed to “
for baseline imaging and to evaluate specific
signs and symptoms
every 6-12 mo
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Consider resection /or radiation for asymptomatic
patients or Consider palliative resection /or radiation for
symptomatic patients Best supportive care”.
and
and
or
Global Changes:
Principles of Radiation Therapy i� s a new page that provides specific recommendations and dosing for radiation therapy throughout the
Melanoma Guidelines .(ME-D)
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UPDATES
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NCCN Guidelines™ Version 1.2011 Updates
Melanoma
Updates in Version 1.2011 of the Melanoma NCCN Guidelines from Version 1.2010 include:
ME-A
ME-B
ME-E
Principles of Biopsy and Pathology
Page title changed to Principles of Biopsy .
Principles of Pathology section
Second bullet:
After Clark level “(encouraged for lesions 1 mm, optional for lesions > 1 mm)” was added.
“After peripheral and deep margin status”, “positive or negative)” was added.
Principles of Surgical Margins for Wide Excision of Primary Melanoma
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and Pathology
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Fourth bullet: “Pure desmoplasia, if present (specify pure vs. mixed)” was added.
New bullet was added “Consider use of fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) for histologically equivocol lesions”
Footnote “3” that states, “Mitotic rate should be determined using the “hot spot” technique and expressed as number of mitoses per
square millimeter” is new to the page.
Footnote “1”: The following sentence was added “For selected patients with positive margins after optimal surgery, consider topical
imiquimod or RT (category 2B)”.
Footnote “2”: “Clinical margins do not need to correlate with final histologic margins” changed to “Excision recommendations are based on
clinical margins taken at the time of surgery and not gross or histologic margins, as measured by the pathologist (category 1)”.
Systemic Therapy Options for Advanced or Metastatic Melanoma
Footnote “2” was revised to read “High-dose Interleukin-2 should not be used for patients with
untreated or active brain metastases.
”.
Footnote “3” was revised to read: “ multiagent regimens and associated with
significant toxicities. Therapy should be restricted to an institution with medical staff experienced in the administration and management of
regimens.
inadequate organ reserve, poor performance
status, or For patients with small brain metastases and without significant peritumoral edema, IL-2
therapy may be considered (category 2B)
Administration of and high-dose interleukin-2 is complex
these
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ME-1
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Breslow thickness
+
Ulceration status
+
Assess deep and
peripheral margin
status
+
Microsatellitosis, if
present, should be
reported
+
Dermal mitotic rate
+
Clark level (for
lesions 1 mm)
+
Pure desmoplasia if
present
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Suspicious
pigmented
lesion
Biopsya
Inadequateb
Melanoma
confirmedb
Rebiopsy �
�
�
H&P with
attention to
locoregional
area, draining
lymph nodes
Complete skin
exam
Assessment of
melanoma
related risk
factorsc
a
b
c
If diagnostic biopsy is inadequate for treatment decisions, rebiopsy may be appropriate.
Risk factors for melanoma include family history of melanoma, prior primary melanoma, and other factors such as atypical moles/dysplastic nevi.
dAdverse features include 0.75 mm thick, positive deep margins, lymphovascular invasion (LVI), or Clark level IV.�
See Principles of Biopsy and Pathology (ME-A).
Stage IB, Stage II
( 1 mm thick with
ulceration or mitotic rate
or > 1 mm
thick, any characteristic), N0
(ME-2)
�
� 1 per mm2
Stage IV
Metastatic (ME-5)
CLINICAL
PRESENTATION
PATHOLOGY
REPORT
PRELIMINARY
WORKUP
Stage III
(ME-3) and (ME-4)
CLINICAL STAGE
Stage 0 in situ
or
Stage IA ( 1 mm thick, no
ulceration, mitotic rate < 1
per mm ) with no adverse
features
(ME-2)
�
2
d
Stage IA ( 1 mm thick, no
ulceration, mitotic rate < 1
per mm ) with one or more
adverse features
(ME-2)
�
2
d
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d
f
Adverse features include 0.75 mm thick, positive deep margins, lymphovascular
invasion (LVI), or Clark Level IV.
Imaging only to evaluate specific signs or symptoms (CT scan, PET, MRI).
Decision not to perform SLNB may be based on significant patient comorbidities,
patient preference or other factors.
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e
gSentinel node biopsy is an important staging tool, but the impact of SLNB on
overall survival is unclear.
Wide excision
(category 1)
with sentinel
node biopsy
i
j
Sentinel
node
negative
Sentinel
node
positive
See Stage III Workup and
Primary Treatment (ME-3)
Wide excisioni
Wide excision
(category 1)
i
Wide excision
(category 1)
with sentinel
node biopsy
i
j
WORKUP PRIMARY TREATMENT
�
�
�
H&P
Stage IB, IIA:
Routine imaging
not recommended
Stage IIB-IIC:
Chest x-ray
(optional); routine
imaging not
recommended
Further imaging
as
clinically indicated
�
�
�
e
(CT scan, PET,
MRI) only
See Stage III Workup and
Primary Treatment (ME-3)
Sentinel
node
negative
Sentinel
node
positive
ADJUVANT TREATMENT
Discuss and
offer sentinel
node
biopsyf,g,h
See
Follow-Up
(ME-6)
If Stage IB, IIA:
Clinical trial
or
Observation
If Stage IIB, IIC:
Clinical trial
or
Interferon alfa
(category 2B)
Observation
or
k
CLINICAL STAGE
H&P
Routine imaging
not recommendede
Consider
sentinel node
biopsyf,g,h
See
Follow-Up
(ME-6)
Wide excision
(category 1)
i
Stage 0 in situ
or Stage IA ( 1 mm thick, no
ulceration, mitotic rate < 1 per mm )
with no adverse features
�
2
d
Stage IA
( 1 mm thick, no
ulceration, mitotic rate
< 1 per mm ) with one
or more adverse
features
�
2
d
Stage IB, Stage II
( 1 mm thick with
ulceration or mitotic
rate or
> 1 mm thick, any
characteristic), N0
�
� 1 per mm2
h
2
k
For lower risk patients, such as IA and IB lesions 0.5mm thick and mitotic rate
< 2 per mm , SLNB should generally not be recommended, unless there are specific
clinical indications. (category 2B).
.
Sentinel lymph nodes should be evaluated with multiple sectioning and
immunohistochemistry.
Adjuvant interferon has been associated with improved DFS, but its impact on overall
survival is unclear.
�
i
j
See Principles of Surgical Margins for Wide Excision of Primary Melanoma (ME-B)
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Stage III
(Clinically positive
node(s))
Clinical trial
or
and/or
Consider RT to nodal basin
if Stage IIIC with multiple
nodes involved or
macroscopic extranodal
extension
or
Observation
( )Interferon alfa category 2Bk
n
(See
Follow-up
ME-6)
i
k
l
n
jSentinel lymph nodes should be evaluated with multiple sectioning and immunohistochemistry.
Adjuvant interferon has been associated with improved DFS, but its impact on overall survival is unclear.
Clinical trials assessing alternatives to complete lymph node dissection, such as careful observation with nodal basin ultrasound.
m
See Principles of Surgical Margins for Wide Excision of Primary Melanoma (ME-B)
See Principles of Radiation Therapy (ME-D)
.
.
.
See Principles of Complete Lymph Node Dissection (ME-C)
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�
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FNA preferred, if feasible, or
lymph node biopsy
Consider baseline imaging
for staging and to evaluate
specific signs or symptoms
(Chest x-ray, CT ± PET, MRI)
Pelvic CT if inguinofemoral
nodes positive
CLINICAL/
PATHOLOGIC STAGE
WORKUP PRIMARY TREATMENT ADJUVANT TREATMENT
Stage III
(Sentinel node
positive)
Consider baseline imaging
for staging and to evaluate
specific signs or symptoms
(Chest x-ray, CT ± PET, MRI)
Clinical trial
or
k
mLymph node dissection
Clinical trial
or
Observation
or
Interferon alfa ( )k category 2B
Wide excision of primary tumor
(category 1)
+ complete lymph node dissection
i
h
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Complete surgical excision to clear
margins, if feasible
(category 2B)
Consider sentinel node biopsy for
resectable in-transit disease
preferred,
(category 2B)
or
j
Hyperthermic perfusion/infusion
with melphalan (category 2B)
or
Clinical trial
or
Intralesional injection
(BCG, IFN) (category 2B)
or
Local ablation therapy (category 2B)
or
RT (