The surgical treatment of non-metastatic melanoma in a Clinical National Melanoma Registry Study Group (CNMR): a retrospective cohort quality improvement study to reduce the morbidity rates.
Antonella VecchiatoSimone MocellinPaolo Del FioreGiulio TostiPaolo A AsciertoMaria Teresa CorradinVincenzo De GiorgiGiuseppe GiudicePaola QueiroloCaterina FerreliMarcella OccelliMonica GiordanoGiusto TrevisanLuigi MascheroniAlessandro TestoriRomina SpinaAlessandra BujaFrancesco CavallinCorrado CaracòAntonio SommarivaCarlo Riccardo Rossinull nullPublished in: BMC cancer (2021)
Our findings contribute to available literature in setting up the recommended standards for melanoma centers, thus improving the quality of surgery offered to patients. A consensus on the core issues around surgical morbidity is needed to provide practical guidance on morbidity prevention and management.