Evolution of Excisional Surgery Practices for Melanoma in the United States | Zendy

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Evolution of Excisional Surgery Practices for Melanoma in the United States

Author(s) -

Michael P. Lee,

Joseph F. Sobanko,

Thuzar M. Shin,

Nicole Howe,

John S. Barbieri,

Christopher J. Miller,

Jeremy R. Etzkorn

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

jama dermatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.128

H-Index - 166

eISSN - 2168-6084

pISSN - 2168-6068

DOI - 10.1001/jamadermatol.2019.2346

Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , mohs surgery , odds ratio , melanoma , surgery , cohort , logistic regression , dermatology , general surgery , cancer research

National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for melanoma have consistently recommended wide local excision as the standard of care since their inception. Although surgery with more comprehensive margin assessment (eg, Mohs surgery) has been advocated for certain subsets of melanoma, how often these techniques are used in clinical practice is uncertain.

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