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Harry T Heath1, Emily J McGrath1, Peter Acheson1
1Department of Dermatology, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Devon, UK.
Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
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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.
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