Differential melanoma outcomes in a regional VA center and a tertiary care center with shared physician staffing: A cohort study.

Publication date: Jul 08, 2026

Melanoma outcomes vary by subgroups. Identify institutional/systemic factors contributing to outcome differences. Retrospective cohort study of melanoma patients seen 1/1987-5/2023 at a VA center and nearby tertiary care center sharing providers. Outcomes include melanoma-specific survival (MSS) and mortality (MSM). Compared to the tertiary center (n=9,682, 5,564 males), VA patients (n=638, 612 males) were older and had a greater proportion of melanoma in situ (p

Concepts Keywords
Mortality clinical research
Nearby melanoma
Physician melanoma mortality
melanoma-specific survival
oncology
tertiary care center
veterans affairs

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH melanoma
pathway KEGG Melanoma
disease MESH MSS
drug DRUGBANK Dimethyl sulfone

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