
The Indirect impact of pandemic on the diagnosis and treatment of new primary melanoma has been carefully evaluated in recent years. The aim of the present study was to investigate if the indirect impact of the pandemic in Italy could be detectable also in the second year of pandemic, as suggested by the characteristics of melanoma at the diagnosis. Retrospective analysis of 1,640 diagnoses of cutaneous malignant melanoma in pre-pandemic period and 1,292 diagnoses in the pandemic period from 10 centres (from 1st March 2019 to to 28th February 2022).
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