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Author

Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon specialising in cutaneous malignancy.

Specialty: Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, sub-specialising in skin oncology and reconstruction.
Experience: Nearly 20 years' NHS practice across diagnosis, surgical treatment and reconstruction of cutaneous malignancy — melanoma, BCC, cSCC, Merkel cell carcinoma, cutaneous sarcomas and rare adnexal tumours.
Practice setting: UK NHS multidisciplinary skin cancer team. Active surgical caseload spanning lesion-directed treatment, complex local and free-flap reconstruction, and post-treatment surveillance.
Registration: UK General Medical Council (GMC) registered with a licence to practise; on the GMC Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery.
Why anonymous?: For professional reasons the author is not named on the site. Identity can be verified for legitimate clinical, academic or regulatory enquiries via the contact page.

Conflicts of interest

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A note on single authorship

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The author is the only quality check on each article and has subject-matter strengths (skin cancer surgery and reconstruction) and weaker areas (e.g. medical oncology, where UK national guidance is the principal frame of reference).
Where evidence is contested, evolving or low quality, that is stated explicitly in the article.
Reader feedback and corrections are welcomed via the contact page — they are the most reliable way the site improves.

In return, single authorship gives the site a consistent voice, a stable editorial standard and rapid turnaround when guidance changes.