Prognostic importance of a second invasive primary melanoma according to tumour stage

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Youlden, DR
Baade, PD
Aitken, JF
Green, AC
Khosrotehrani, K
Year published
2017
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Dear Editor, A considerable proportion of the white population in many countries are diagnosed with multiple melanomas over time.1 However, most analyses of melanoma survival, including that of the American Joint Committee on Cancer, consider only one tumour for every patient and disregard the potential effect of multiple melanomas on outcomes, and this is reflected in the lack of specific management guidelines beyond those dictated for each tumour.2-4Dear Editor, A considerable proportion of the white population in many countries are diagnosed with multiple melanomas over time.1 However, most analyses of melanoma survival, including that of the American Joint Committee on Cancer, consider only one tumour for every patient and disregard the potential effect of multiple melanomas on outcomes, and this is reflected in the lack of specific management guidelines beyond those dictated for each tumour.2-4
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Journal Title
British Journal of Dermatology
Volume
177
Issue
6
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© 2017 British Association of Dermatologists. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Prognostic importance of a second invasive primary melanoma according to tumour stage, British Journal of Dermatology, Volume 177, Issue 6, Pages e336-e337, 2017, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.15863. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
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Clinical sciences
Clinical sciences not elsewhere classified
Oncology and carcinogenesis