Characteristics of 637 melanomas documented by 27 general practitioners on the Skin Cancer Audit Research Database.
Clara Jimenez BalcellsJeremy HayJeff KeirNikita RosendahlMartelle Coetzer-BothaTobias WilsonSimon P ClarkAstrid BaadeCath BeckerLuke BookallilChris ClifopoulosTony DickerMartin Paul DenbyDouglas DuthieCharles ElliottPaul FishburnMark FoleyMark FranckIrene GiamPatricio GordilloAlister LilleymanRoger MacauleyJames MaherEwen McPheeMichael ReidBob ShirlawGraeme SiggsRobert SparkJohn StretchKeith van den HeeverThinus van RensburgChris WatsonHarald KittlerClifford RosendahlPublished in: The Australasian journal of dermatology (2021)
A large series of melanomas treated by Australasian GPs were predominantly in situ, with a high proportion of LM subtype. With implications for GP training, NM linked to death was over-represented and there was a novel finding that older patients had larger diameter melanomas.