MelMarT-II: Melanoma Margins Trial Investigating 1cm v 2cm Wide Excision Margins for Primary Cutaneous Melanoma
The trial aims to look at how long patients stay free from melanoma after different types of surgery to remove the disease. A wide local excision involves removing an extra "safety margin" of skin around the original melanoma site, to make sure that any remaining scattered melanoma tumour cells that may have been left behind after the first biopsy/surgery are removed. At the moment melanoma specialists don’t know the ideal width of excision [...]
Locations: Royal Preston Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, North Bristol NHS Trust, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust of The James Cook University Hospital, St Helen's & Knowsley Hospitals Trust, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Mid and South Essex NHS Trust