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Assessing physicians' preferences on skin cancer treatment in Europe.

ΤίτλοςAssessing physicians' preferences on skin cancer treatment in Europe.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsFerrandiz, L., Ruiz-de-Casas A., Trakatelli M., de Vries E., Ulrich M., Aquilina S., Saksela O., Majewski S., Ranki A., Proby C., Magnoni C., Pitkänen S., Kalokasidis K., Siskou S., Hinrichs B., Altsitsiadis E., Stockfleth E., & Moreno-Ramirez D.
Corporate AuthorsEPIDERM Group
JournalBr J Dermatol
Volume167 Suppl 2
Pagination29-35
Date Published2012 Aug
ISSN1365-2133
Λέξεις κλειδιάAged, Aged, 80 and over, Attitude of Health Personnel, Case-Control Studies, Dermatology, Europe, Humans, Physician's Practice Patterns, Skin Neoplasms
Abstract

BACKGROUND: A wide variety of both surgical and nonsurgical therapies is currently available for patients with skin cancer.OBJECTIVES: This part of the EPIDERM (European Prevention Initiative for Dermatological Malignancies) project is aimed at the evaluation of the treatment preferences for skin cancer in eight countries of the European Union.METHODS: A multicentre hospital-based case-control study was carried out at dermatology departments in Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malta, Poland, Scotland and Spain. Patients with skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma, actinic keratosis, squamous cell carcinoma, cutaneous malignant melanoma and Bowen disease) were consecutively enrolled between July 2008 and July 2010. Information on the study variables (sex, age, country, tumour type, anatomical location and treatment) was obtained from questionnaires designed by the EPIDERM project.RESULTS: In total, 1708 patients with skin cancer were included. Surgery was the first treatment option in 76·5% of the patients (P = 0·001). Actinic keratosis was the only tumour type in which nonsurgical treatment was more frequent than surgery (91·4%). Tumours on the head were less likely to be surgically excised than those at other locations (odds ratio 0·25, P = 0·001). Simple excision or curettage was the most common surgical procedure (65·4%), followed by graft and flaps (22·4%). Cryotherapy was the most common nonsurgical option (52·4%), followed by imiquimod (18·0%), photodynamic therapy (PDT; 12·0%), 5-fluorouracil (5-FU; 5·7%), and diclofenac with hyaluronic acid (4·0%).CONCLUSIONS: Surgery remains the first-choice treatment of skin cancer. Regarding nonsurgical treatments, the conservative treatments available (imiquimod, 5-FU, PDT and diclofenac gel) have not yet exceeded the use of ablative options such as cryotherapy despite their accepted benefit of treating field cancerization.

DOI10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.11084.x
Alternate JournalBr. J. Dermatol.
PubMed ID22881585

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