Surgical margins for melanoma in situ.

Abstract

The frequently recommended 5-mm margin for melanoma is inadequate.

Standard surgical excision of melanoma in situ should include 9 mm of normal-appearing skin, similar to that recommended for early invasive melanoma.

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Subjects

• Aged
• Biopsy
• Carcinoma in Situ
• Databases, Factual
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Frozen Sections
• Humans
• Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle
• Male
• Melanoma
• Middle Aged
• Mohs Surgery
• Neoplasm Invasiveness
• Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
• Postoperative Complications
• Practice Guidelines as Topic
• Prospective Studies
• Skin Neoplasms
• Treatment Outcome

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Authors

• Joy H Kunishige
• David G Brodland
• John A Zitelli

Publication date

2012-02-20

Journal

Journal topics

• Dermatology

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Zitelli and Brodland, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15232, USA. Joy444 [at] gmail.com

Release reference

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2012 Mar;66(3):438-44

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