The effect of lockdown on melanoma stage in Devon, UK

Clin Exp Dermatol. 2022 Aug;47(8):1581-1582. doi: 10.1111/ced.15205. Epub 2022 May 12.

Abstract

We performed a prospective analysis of Breslow thickness in melanoma before the COVID-19 pandemic and after. It shows that there is a statistically significant increase in melanoma thickness, and ultimately melanoma staging, since the pandemic began.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19* / epidemiology
  • COVID-19* / prevention & control
  • Communicable Disease Control
  • Humans
  • Melanoma* / epidemiology
  • Melanoma* / pathology
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Pandemics
  • Prognosis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Skin Neoplasms* / epidemiology
  • Skin Neoplasms* / pathology
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology