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Compliance With New Commission on Cancer Surgical Guidelines for Patients With Melanoma

JAMA Surgery 10.1001/jamasurg.2026.3734

August 26, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This cohort study evaluates how different subspecialties complied with surgical margin size, excision depth, and use of Commission on Cancer (CoC) forms in 2022 vs 2023.

Corresponding Author: Richard Essner, MD, Director of Surgical Oncology, Providence Saint John’s Cancer Institute, 2200 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90404 (richard.essner@providence.org).

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