Surgical margins in cutaneous melanoma (2 cm <i>versus</i> 5 cm for lesions measuring less than 2.1‐mm thick)

Abstract

The authors concluded that for melanoma less than 2.1-mm thick, a margin of excision of 2 cm is sufficient. A larger margin of 5 cm does not appear to have any impact on either the rate or the time to disease recurrence or on survival.