Years of life lost in patients with a false-negative diagnosis of primary melanoma. A prospective study of the German Central Malignant Melanoma Registry involving 9063 patients over 28 years

Claus Garbe, Ulrike Keim, Teresa Amaral, Paolo A. Ascierto, Jürgen Bauer, Reinhard Dummer, Alexander M. M. Eggermont, Thomas K. Eigentler, Lukas Flatz, Stephan Forchhammer, Andrea Forschner, Sara Gandini, Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, Axel Hauschild, Christoph Hoeller, John M. Kirkwood, Celeste Lebbe, Georgina V. Long, Paul Lorigan, Jason J. Luke, Friedegund Meier, Gisela Metzler, Paul Nathan, Michael A. Postow, Caroline Robert, Martin Röcken, Dirk Schadendorf, Benjamin Weide, David Whiteman, Ulrike Leiter, Peter Martus

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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-74443-9
Published: 2026-07-02
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41467-026-74443-9,
  title = {Years of life lost in patients with a false-negative diagnosis of primary melanoma. A prospective study of the German Central Malignant Melanoma Registry involving 9063 patients over 28 years},
  author = {Claus Garbe and Ulrike Keim and Teresa Amaral and Paolo A. Ascierto and Jürgen Bauer and Reinhard Dummer and Alexander M. M. Eggermont and Thomas K. Eigentler and Lukas Flatz and Stephan Forchhammer and Andrea Forschner and Sara Gandini and Jeffrey E. Gershenwald and Axel Hauschild and Christoph Hoeller and John M. Kirkwood and Celeste Lebbe and Georgina V. Long and Paul Lorigan and Jason J. Luke and Friedegund Meier and Gisela Metzler and Paul Nathan and Michael A. Postow and Caroline Robert and Martin Röcken and Dirk Schadendorf and Benjamin Weide and David Whiteman and Ulrike Leiter and Peter Martus},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Nature Communications},
  doi = {10.1038/s41467-026-74443-9},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74443-9}
}

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TI  - Years of life lost in patients with a false-negative diagnosis of primary melanoma. A prospective study of the German Central Malignant Melanoma Registry involving 9063 patients over 28 years
AU  - Claus Garbe
AU  - Ulrike Keim
AU  - Teresa Amaral
AU  - Paolo A. Ascierto
AU  - Jürgen Bauer
AU  - Reinhard Dummer
AU  - Alexander M. M. Eggermont
AU  - Thomas K. Eigentler
AU  - Lukas Flatz
AU  - Stephan Forchhammer
AU  - Andrea Forschner
AU  - Sara Gandini
AU  - Jeffrey E. Gershenwald
AU  - Axel Hauschild
AU  - Christoph Hoeller
AU  - John M. Kirkwood
AU  - Celeste Lebbe
AU  - Georgina V. Long
AU  - Paul Lorigan
AU  - Jason J. Luke
AU  - Friedegund Meier
AU  - Gisela Metzler
AU  - Paul Nathan
AU  - Michael A. Postow
AU  - Caroline Robert
AU  - Martin Röcken
AU  - Dirk Schadendorf
AU  - Benjamin Weide
AU  - David Whiteman
AU  - Ulrike Leiter
AU  - Peter Martus
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Garbe, C., Keim, U., Amaral, T., Ascierto, P. A., Bauer, J., Dummer, R., Eggermont, A. M. M., Eigentler, T. K., Flatz, L., Forchhammer, S., Forschner, A., Gandini, S., Gershenwald, J. E., Hauschild, A., Hoeller, C., Kirkwood, J. M., Lebbe, C., Long, G. V., Lorigan, P., Luke, J. J., Meier, F., Metzler, G., Nathan, P., Postow, M. A., Robert, C., Röcken, M., Schadendorf, D., Weide, B., Whiteman, D., Leiter, U., & Martus, P. (2026). Years of life lost in patients with a false-negative diagnosis of primary melanoma. A prospective study of the German Central Malignant Melanoma Registry involving 9063 patients over 28 years. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74443-9

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