Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Photodynamic therapy for actinic keratosis and nonmelanoma skin cancer".)
International
●Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC): Clinical practice guideline on immunotherapy for the treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancer (2022)
●Head and Neck Cancer International Group (HNCIG): Consensus guidelines for the delivery of postoperative radiation therapy in complex cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (cSCCHN) (2020)
●International Transplant Skin Cancer Collaborative (ITSCC): A consensus opinion – Recommendations for solid organ transplantation for transplant candidates with a pretransplant diagnosis of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, Merkel cell carcinoma and melanoma (2016)
•ITSCC: Guidelines for the management of squamous cell carcinoma in organ transplant recipients (2004)
●International Society for Photodynamic Therapy in Dermatology (I-PDT): Photodynamic therapy for skin field cancerization – An international consensus (2012)
Canada
●Cancer Care Ontario (CCO): Patient indications for Mohs micrographic surgery (2018)
●CCO: Systemic therapy in the curative treatment of head and neck squamous cell cancer (2016)
United States
●American Brachytherapy Society (ABS): Consensus statement for skin brachytherapy (2020)
●American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO): Clinical practice guideline for definitive and postoperative radiation therapy for basal and squamous cell cancers of the skin (2020)
●Choosing Wisely: Don't treat uncomplicated, nonmelanoma skin cancer less than 1 centimeter in size on the trunk and extremities with Mohs micrographic surgery (2013, updated 2019)
●American Academy of Dermatology (AAD): Guidelines of care for the management of basal cell carcinoma (2018)
●AAD: Guidelines of care for the management of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (2018)
●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement – Skin cancer prevention: Behavioral counseling (2018)
●USPSTF: Final recommendation statement – Skin cancer: Screening (2016)
●American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS): Consensus for nonmelanoma skin cancer treatment, part II – Squamous cell carcinoma, including a cost analysis of treatment methods (2015)
Europe
●European interdisciplinary guideline on invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the skin – Part 1: Epidemiology, diagnostics and prevention (2020)
●European interdisciplinary guideline on invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the skin – Part 2: Treatment (2020)
●European Dermatology Forum (EDF): Guidelines on topical photodynamic therapy – Part 1: Treatment delivery and established indications – Actinic keratoses, Bowen's disease and basal cell carcinomas (2019)
●EDF: Guidelines on topical photodynamic therapy – Part 2: Emerging indications – Field cancerization, photorejuvenation and inflammatory/infective dermatoses (2019)
●EDF, the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO), and European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC): Diagnosis and treatment of basal cell carcinoma – European consensus-based interdisciplinary guidelines (2019)
●EDF, EADO and EORTC: Diagnosis and treatment of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans – European consensus-based interdisciplinary guideline (2015)
●EDF, EADO, and EORTC: Diagnosis and treatment of invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the skin – European consensus-based interdisciplinary guideline (2015)
●EDF, EADO, and EORTC: Diagnosis and treatment of Merkel cell carcinoma – European consensus-based interdisciplinary guideline (2015)
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Quality standard on skin cancer (2016, updated 2022)
●British Association of Dermatologists (BAD): Guidelines for the management of adults with basal cell carcinoma (2021)
●BAD: Guidelines for the management of people with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma 2020 (published 2021)
●BAD and British Photodermatology Group (BPG): Guidelines for topical photodynamic therapy (2018)
●NICE: Diagnostics guidance on VivaScope 1500 and 3000 imaging systems for detecting skin cancer lesions (2015)
●BAD: Guidelines for the management of squamous cell carcinoma in situ (Bowen's disease) (2014)
●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on electrochemotherapy for primary basal cell carcinoma and primary squamous cell carcinoma (2014)
●Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN): Management of primary cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma – A national clinical guideline (2014)
●NICE: Medical technologies guidance on ambulight PDT for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer (2011)
Australia-New Zealand
●Cancer Council Australia (CCA): Skin cancer (2021)
