Margins of Melanoma Excision and Modifications to Standards

Brock B Hewitt; Emma Bradley; Adam C Berger

doi:10.1016/j.soc.2020.02.002

Margins of Melanoma Excision and Modifications to Standards

Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2020 Jul;29(3):339-347. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2020.02.002.

Authors

Brock B Hewitt¹, Emma Bradley², Adam C Berger³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 1025 Walnut Street, College 605, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/brockhewitt8.
² Department of Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 1025 Walnut Street, College 605, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
³ Cancer Institute of New Jersey, 195 Little Albany Street, Room 3005, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA. Electronic address: Adam.berger@rutgers.edu.

PMID: 32482312
DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2020.02.002

Abstract

Surgery with wide local excision is the mainstay of treatment for primary melanoma. Surgical margins differ depending on the depth of the primary lesion, subtype, and anatomic, cosmetic, or functional considerations. Adjuncts or alternative treatments to wide local excision are limited to specific patient populations and mainly experimental in nature.

Keywords: Excision; Margins; Melanoma; Mohs.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Margins of Excision*
Melanoma / pathology
Melanoma / surgery*
Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards*
Skin Neoplasms / pathology
Skin Neoplasms / surgery*