The incidence of malignant melanoma is increasing worldwide and patients are being diagnosed earlier with thinner primary lesions. Most patients with very thin melanoma (Breslow thickness < 0.76 mm) are cured by surgery but 2-18% relapse locally or with distant metastases.
Department of Dermatology, Imperial College School of Medicine (START Laboratories), Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK. louise.fearfield@royalberkshire.nhs.uk
