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Prospective study of pigmented lesions managed by shave excision with no deep margin transection of melanomas
Author(s) -
Shao Emily,
Blake Tony,
Po-Chao Frank,
Pool Louis,
Carew Benjamin,
Yonggee Simon,
Wheller Laura,
De’Ambrosis Brian,
Muir James
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/ajd.13312
Subject(s) - medicine , margin (machine learning) , lesion , melanoma , prospective cohort study , surgery , dermatology , surgical excision , cancer research , computer science , machine learning
Shave excision is a simple and cost‐effective technique for the removal of suitable skin lesions. We performed a prospective study over six months, collecting data from pigmented lesions that were treated with shave excision by dermatologists. Only shave excisions with the intent to remove the lesion in toto were included. A total of 349 lesions were included in this study, 50 (14%) of these were melanomas and no melanoma diagnosed had deep margin involvement, while 13 (26%) had lateral margin involvement.