Diagnostic procedures
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MELANOMA
Clinical diagnosis – dermatologist experienced in
dermoscopy
 Diagnostic excision – plastic surgeon, dermatologist with
additional surgical skills, general surgeon, surgical
oncologist
Treatment
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Surgical treatment
Radical excision – plastic surgeon, dermatologist with
additional surgical skills, general surgeon, surgical
oncologist
 Radical excision with biopsy of sentinel lymph nodes –
plastic surgeon, surgical oncologist (Ljubljana University
Medical Centre, Ljubljana Institute of Oncology;
minimum number of surgical interventions/year – 30)
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Lymphadenectomy – surgical oncologist (Ljubljana
Institute of Oncology)
Systemic treatment and radiation therapy
Ljubljana Institute of Oncology (OIL)