Adequacy of 5-mm surgical excision margins for non-lentiginous melanoma in situ

Keith L Duffy; Amanda Truong; Glen M Bowen; Robert H I Andtbacka; John Hyngstrom; Tawnya Bowles; Kenneth Grossmann; Hung Khong; Mark Hyde; Scott R Florell; Anneli R Bowen; David Wada; Douglas Grossman

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2014.06.044

Adequacy of 5-mm surgical excision margins for non-lentiginous melanoma in situ

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2014 Oct;71(4):835-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.06.044.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
² School of Medicine, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
⁴ Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah.
⁵ Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah.
⁶ Department of Medicine, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
⁷ Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
⁸ Department of Dermatology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
⁹ Department of Dermatology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Oncological Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. Electronic address: doug.grossman@hci.utah.edu.

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Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Carcinoma in Situ / pathology*
Carcinoma in Situ / surgery*
Child
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle / pathology
Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle / surgery
Male
Melanoma / pathology*
Melanoma / surgery*
Middle Aged
Mohs Surgery / methods*
Neoplasm, Residual / pathology
Risk Assessment
Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
Skin Neoplasms / surgery*
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult

Grants and funding

R01 CA166710/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States