Society guideline links: Nonmelanoma skin cancer

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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

●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement – Skin cancer: Screening (2016)

●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)

●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)

●USPSTF: Final recommendation statement – Skin cancer prevention: Behavioral counseling (2018)

●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 Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO), European Dermatology Forum (EDF), European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), and European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV): Diagnosis and treatment of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans – European interdisciplinary guideline, 2024 update (published 2025)

●European consensus-based interdisciplinary guideline for diagnosis and treatment of basal cell carcinoma, update (2023)

●European consensus-based interdisciplinary guideline for diagnosis and treatment of Merkel cell carcinoma, update (2022)

●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, updated version (2019)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Interventional procedures guidance on epidermal radiotherapy using rheunium-188 paste for non-melanoma skin cancer (2024)

●British Association of Dermatologists (BAD): Guidelines for the management of people with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in situ (Bowen disease), 2022 update (published 2023)

●NICE: Quality standard on skin cancer (2016, updated 2022)

●BAD: Guidelines for the management of adults with basal cell carcinoma (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)

●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): Clinical practice guidelines for keratinocyte cancer (2019)