1. The effect of lockdown on melanoma stage in Devon, UK.
- Author
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Heath HT, McGrath EJ, and Acheson P
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- Communicable Disease Control, Humans, Neoplasm Staging, Pandemics, Prognosis, Retrospective Studies, United Kingdom epidemiology, COVID-19 epidemiology, COVID-19 prevention & control, Melanoma epidemiology, Melanoma pathology, Skin Neoplasms epidemiology, Skin Neoplasms pathology
- Abstract
We performed a prospective analysis of Breslow thickness in melanoma before the COVID-19 pandemic and after. It shows that there is a statistically significant increase in melanoma thickness, and ultimately melanoma staging, since the pandemic began., (© 2022 British Association of Dermatologists.)
- Published
- 2022
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