This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS
2-cm versus 4-cm surgical excision margins for primary cutaneous melanoma thicker than 2 mm: long-term follow-up of a multicentre, randomised trial. Lancet 2019; 394: 471-477.
Published: 12th November 2019
Authors: Utjes D, Malmstedt J, Teras J, Drzewiecki K, Gullestad HP, Ingvar C et al.
Conclusion
After a median of 19.6 years, follow-up of the 936 patients included showed no difference in overall survival (unadjusted hazard ratio for 2cm margin 0.98, 95per cent confidence interval 0.83 to 1.14, P=0.75), or in deaths attributed to melanoma (0.95, 0.78 to 1.16, P=0.61).
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