Introduction: Our aim was to assess the implication of French general practitioners in the follow up of patients surgically treated for stage I melanoma 2 years after the publication of the 1995 French consensus conference recommendations.
Material and methods: In 1997, we sent a questionnaire to all the general practitioners of Hauts-de-Seine department (n = 1000). In that department, specific training on this topic had been conducted in 1996.
Results: The response rate was 12.4 p. 100. Follow up was performed in association with a dermatologist or a oncologist by 97 p. 100. There was a high rate of non-response for questions concerning follow up which reached 30.4 p. 100 for thick melanomas.
Discussion: Because of the low response rate, the interpretation of these results must be interpreted with precaution. Dermatologists seem to be the general practitioners' preferred correspondents for patients with melanoma.