Perioperative racial disparities in patients with acral lentiginous melanoma undergoing Mohs micrographic surgery: A single-institution retrospective cohort study
J Am Acad Dermatol. 2026 Mar 31:S0190-9622(26)00507-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2026.03.091.
Online ahead of print.
1 Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia; Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: urs3@georgetown.edu.
2 Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The University of Texas Medical Branch John Sealy School of Medicine, Galveston, Texas.
3 Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
4 Johns Hopkins Department of Dermatology, Baltimore, Maryland.
5 Department of Dermatology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
6 Department of Dermatology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
7 Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey.
8 Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Keywords:
Mohs micrographic surgery; acral lentiginous melanoma; diversity; equity; outcomes; people of color; racial disparities; surgical complexity; time to surgery.