Pandemic may be responsible for drop in melanoma diagnoses, says Staffordshire consultant

Pandemic may be responsible for drop in melanoma diagnoses, says Staffordshire consultant Skin cancer specialists say they are concerned the pandemic has led to fewer people being treated after a drop in the number of melanoma diagnoses.

Wayne Jaffe, a consultant at University Hospital of North Midlands (UHNM), said his team were seeing people with more advanced stages of the disease.

Melanoma diagnoses fell by almost 30% nationally, between April and November 2020, figures show. BBC News