The UCSF Visible Tumor Conference (VTC) is designed to provide comprehensive consultative care for patients with complicated, advanced, recurrent, or unusual cutaneous tumors. This monthly conference brings together experts from dermatologic surgery, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, and radiation oncology to evaluate patients and devise management recommendations.

Patients assessed in this conference include those with advanced or recurrent non-melanoma skin cancers (basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma). Patients with rare cutaneous malignancies, such as Merkel cell carcinoma, atypical fibroxanthoma, dermatofibromasarcoma protuberans, malignant fibrohistiocytoma, sebaceous carcinoma, and extramammary Paget’s disease, are also often referred for comprehensive evaluation.

Though some patients are self-referred, the majority of VTC patients are referred to UCSF by physicians. Please contact Julie Guillen, RN Nurse Coordinator for appointments and instructions at ph (415) 353-7878, fax (415)353-7838.

The following information needs to be received at UCSF prior to the appointment (attention “Julie Guillen, RN for VTC”):

• All relevant medical records
• All prior skin biopsy glass pathology slides
• All prior radiographic imaging reports (X-ray, CT scan, MRI)
• Upon initial review of available records, the referring physician may be asked to order additional imaging studies prior to the conference in order to optimize comprehensive discussion at the tumor board

Participating Physicians

• Roy Grekin - Dermatologic and Laser Surgery
• Whitney Tope - Dermatologic and Laser Surgery
• Isaac Neuhaus - Dermatologic and Laser Surgery
• Siegrid Yu – Dermatologic and Laser Surgery
• Mark Singer - Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
• David Kim – Otolaryngology, Facial Plastics
• Mary McGrath - Plastic Surgery
• Larry Margolis – Radiation Oncology
• Alison Bevan – Radiation Oncology