Use of shared care and routine tests in follow-up after treatment for localised cutaneous melanoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients may decide to undertake shared care with a general practitioner (GP) during follow-up after treatment for localised melanoma. Routine imaging tests for surveillance may be commonly used despite no evidence of clinical utility. This study describes the frequency of shared care and routine tests during follow-up after treatment for localised melanoma.

Methods

We randomly sampled 351 people with localised melanoma [American Joint Cancer Committee (AJCC) substages 0 - II] who had not had recurrent or new primary melanoma diagnosed from a total of 902 people diagnosed and treated for localised melanoma at a specialist centre in 2014. We interviewed participants by telephone about their experience of follow-up in the past year, and documented the proportion of

SUBMITTER: Lim WY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6011416 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature