Is initial excision of cutaneous melanoma by General Practitioners (GPs) dangerous? Comparing patient outcomes following excision of melanoma by GPs or in hospital using national datasets and meta-analysis

Murchie, PeterRaja, Edwin AmalrajBrewster, David H.Iversen, LisaLee, Amanda J2018-11-052018-11-052017-11Murchie, P, Raja, E A, Brewster, D H, Iversen, L & Lee, A J 2017, 'Is initial excision of cutaneous melanoma by General Practitioners (GPs) dangerous? Comparing patient outcomes following excision of melanoma by GPs or in hospital using national datasets and meta-analysis', European Journal of Cancer, vol. 86, pp. 373-384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2017.09.0340959-8049ORCID: /0000-0001-9968-5991/work/83704238ORCID: /0000-0002-4865-9061/work/159078243ORCID: /0000-0003-0853-9724/work/162727489http://hdl.handle.net/2164/11391Funding The project was funded by a grant from the Friends of Anchor (grant number RG12991-10). The funder had no role in writing the manuscript or deciding to submit for publication. No payment was received by any of the authors to write this article from any agency. The corresponding author had full access to all the data in the study and had final responsibility for deciding to submit this manuscript for publication. Data sharing The data used for this study are archived within the NHS Scotland National Statistics Service (NSS) National Safe Haven and are not freely available. Bona fide researchers wishing to access the data should apply to the authors in the first instance. Subsequent access to the data would be subject to application to, and approval by, the Public Benefit and Privacy Panel for Health & Social Care (PBPP) of NHS Scotland. Acknowledgements We acknowledge support received from Lizzie Nicholson at eDRIS, NHS Scotland and Doug Kidd at the National Data SafeHaven of NHS Scotland. We acknowledge Dr. Fiona Walter, Principal Researcher in Primary Care Cancer Research, University of Cambridge and Dr. Rosalind Adam, CSO Doctoral Fellow, Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen who both read and commented on our manuscript.11226170engSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingmelanomaprimary healthcarecancersurgerycancer registriesR MedicineRIs initial excision of cutaneous melanoma by General Practitioners (GPs) dangerous? Comparing patient outcomes following excision of melanoma by GPs or in hospital using national datasets and meta-analysisJournal article10.1016/j.ejca.2017.09.03486