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Japanese Dermatological Association Guidelines: Outlines of Guidelines for Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma 2020
Author(s) -
Ansai Shinichi,
Umebayashi Yoshihiro,
Katsumata Noriyuki,
Kato Hiroshi,
Kadono Takafumi,
Takai Toshihiro,
Namiki Takeshi,
Nakagawa Masahiro,
Soejima Toshinori,
Koga Hiroshi,
Sugaya Makoto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/1346-8138.15889
Subject(s) - actinic keratosis , medicine , grading (engineering) , dermatology , basal cell , multidisciplinary approach , skin cancer , family medicine , cancer , pathology , civil engineering , engineering , social science , sociology
In consideration of the development of treatment options for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), the Japanese Skin Cancer Society issued the first guidelines of SCC in 2007 and revised them in 2015. Here, we report the English version of the 2020 edition of the Japanese SCC guidelines. The first half of this article is an overview of SCC including actinic keratosis and Bowen’s disease, and the second half discusses three clinical questions: (i) treatment of actinic keratosis; (ii) determination of the resection margin of the primary lesion; and (iii) treatment of radically incurable cases, as contemporary problems encountered in treating SCC. In these evaluations, all processes were implemented according to the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, Evaluation system. Also, items of recommendation concerning each clinical question were determined by a multidisciplinary expert panel consisting of dermatologists, plastic/reconstructive surgeons, radiologists, and oncologists through a comprehensive literature search and systematic reviews.