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Can Patient-Led Surveillance Detect Subsequent New Primary or Recurrent Melanomas and Reduce the Need for Routinely Scheduled Follow Up? A Protocol for the MEL-SELF Randomised Controlled Trial.

2021-03-15

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background</bold>: Most subsequent new primary or recurrent melanomas might be self-detected if patients are trained to systematically self-examine their skin and have access to timely medical review (patient-led surveillance). Routinely scheduled clinic visits (clinician-led surveillance) is resource-intensive and has not been shown to improve health outcomes; fewer visits may be...

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Literature Corpus work: d306c1fa-d52d-50e1-a0ff-f29c980152e5
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-264883/v1

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