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{{Main|Surgical margin}} | {{Main|Surgical margin}} | ||
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*Adequate distance dependent on tumour stage - '' | *Adequate distance dependent on tumour stage - see ''[[Surgical_margins#Adequate_margins_by_tumour|surgical margin]]'' article. | ||
*Margin assessment is notoriously difficult as there are numerous mimics of melanoma in situ:<ref name=pmid21549242>{{Cite journal | last1 = Trotter | first1 = MJ. | title = Melanoma margin assessment. | journal = Clin Lab Med | volume = 31 | issue = 2 | pages = 289-300 | month = Jun | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1016/j.cll.2011.03.006 | PMID = 21549242 }}</ref> | *Margin assessment is notoriously difficult as there are numerous mimics of melanoma in situ:<ref name=pmid21549242>{{Cite journal | last1 = Trotter | first1 = MJ. | title = Melanoma margin assessment. | journal = Clin Lab Med | volume = 31 | issue = 2 | pages = 289-300 | month = Jun | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1016/j.cll.2011.03.006 | PMID = 21549242 }}</ref> | ||
*#Melanocytic hyperplasia (considered to be on a continuum with melanoma) may be due to: | *#Melanocytic hyperplasia (considered to be on a continuum with melanoma) may be due to: | ||