Shared care in the follow-up of early-stage melanoma: a qualitative study of Australian melanoma clinicians' perspectives and models of care

• Main Authors: Rychetnik Lucie (Author), Morton Rachael L (Author), McCaffery Kirsten (Author), Thompson John F (Author), Menzies Scott W (Author), Irwig Les (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Patients with early stage melanoma have high survival rates but require long-term follow-up to detect recurrences and/or new primary tumours. Shared care between melanoma specialists and general practitioners is an increasingly impor...