Skin tumour surgery in primary care: do general practitioners need to improve their surgical skills?

Background: Due to a rapid increase in the incidence of skin cancer, it seems inevitable that general practitioners (GPs) will play a larger role in skin cancer care.

Objectives: To assess surgical procedures used by GPs in skin tumour management.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study of 1,898 pathology reports of skin tumours excised by GPs in 2009.