Use of shared care and routine tests in follow-up after treatment for localised cutaneous melanoma.
Wei-Yin LimRobin M TurnerRachael L MortonMarisa C JenkinsLes IrwigAngela C WebsterMbathio DiengRobyn P M SawPascale GuiteraDonald LowCynthia LowKaty J L BellPublished in: BMC health services research (2018)
The majority of people treated for a first primary localised melanoma at a specialist centre, without recurrent or new melanoma, choose to undertake shared care follow-up with a GP. Many appear to have routine diagnostic imaging as part of their melanoma surveillance.