Table 2.
Recommendations for margins of primary melanoma excision based on tumour thickness
| Tumour thickness (Breslow) | Recommended definitive margin of excision |
| In situ | 0.5 cm |
| ≤2.0 mm | 1.0 cm |
| >2.0 mm | 2.0 cm |
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