Emotional distress and health-related quality of life among cutaneous melanoma follow-up outpatients

Standard surgery for cutaneous melanoma (CM) consists of “en bloc” excision of the tumour with margins containing normal-appearing skin and underlying subcutaneous tissue. More than half of patients with scars, including non-cancer patients, suffer emotional distress (ED), whereas almost all of them experience impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL) [1]. Even with the surgical trend towards narrower resection margins, no significant changes have been observed on patients’ HRQOL or ED [2].

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