European Journal of Dermatology
MENUEmotional distress and health-related quality of life among cutaneous melanoma follow-up outpatients: the role of self-perception of body image and surgical scarring Volume 27, numéro 4, July-August 2017
Tableaux
3 Section of Dermatologic Surgery,
Oncology and Haematology Department,
AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino,
Turin,
Italy
Oncology and Haematology Department,
AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino,
Turin,
Italy
4 Centre of Behavioural Sciences and Mental Health,
Italian National Institute of Health, Rome,
Italy
Italian National Institute of Health, Rome,
Italy
- DOI : 10.1684/ejd.2017.3048
- Page(s) : 435-8
- Année de parution : 2017
Standard surgery for cutaneous melanoma (CM) consists of “en bloc” excision of the tumour with margins containing normal-appearing skin and underlying subcutaneous tissue. More than half of patients with scars, including non-cancer patients, suffer emotional distress (ED), whereas almost all of them experience impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL) [1]. Even with the surgical trend towards narrower resection margins, no significant changes have been observed on patients’ HRQOL or ED [2]. [...]