Characteristics, treatment and outcomes of 589 melanoma patients documented by 27 general practitioners on the Skin Cancer Audit Research Database.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

General practitioners manage more melanomas than dermatologists or surgeons in Australia. Previously undescribed, the management and outcomes of melanoma patients treated by multiple Australasian general practitioners are examined.

Methods

The characteristics, management and outcomes of 589 melanoma patients, managed by 27 Australasian general practitioners and documented on the Skin Cancer Audit Research Database (SCARD), were analysed.

Results

Most patients (58.9%) were males with mean age at diagnosis of 62.7 years (range 18-96), and most melanomas were in situ or thin-invasive. Patients aged under 40 years had fewer melanomas, but a higher proportion (the majority) were invasive, compared with older patients (P < 0.0001). Most (55.9%) mela

SUBMITTER: Hay J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9320831 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature