According to figures of the Intego databank, the incidence of melanoma included 8 per 100,000 patients per year in Flanders (Belgium). Still, since 2001 a downward trend was recorded. This article presents the results of a literature search concerning the existing guidelines about malignant melanoma. Ten recent guidelines from different countries are discussed and the most important findings
... [Show full abstract] concerning prevention, screening, diagnosis, additional investigations, treatment and follow-up summarized. It turns out that the guidelines are rather uniform and easy to find out, differing only for aspects where insufficient evidence impedes delineating an uniform advice.