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

Kristel Lourdault; Brett Crosby; Alexa Ligon; Emiliano Reyes; Arthur W. Cowman; Stacey Stern; Richard Essner

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2026.3734

August 26, 2026JAMA Surgery

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

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To evaluate adherence among different surgical subspecialties to updated Commission on Cancer guidelines for melanoma margin size, excision depth, and standardized synoptic operative reporting.
Conducted a cohort study comparing surgical practice metrics and guideline adherence between 2022 and 2023.
Assessed performance across multiple surgical subspecialties managing melanoma cases.
Evaluated primary quality endpoints including adherence to recommended margin size, adequate excision depth, and completion of Commission on Cancer operative forms.
Adherence to standardized excision depth and surgical margin thresholds varied across treating surgical subspecialties between 2022 and 2023.
Implementation and documentation rates using the new Commission on Cancer synoptic operative forms demonstrated shifts across provider groups over the comparative study period.

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Cohort study observes subspecialty compliance with updated melanoma surgical excision guidelines, highlighting variations in standard operative reporting.

Abstract

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.

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