Topics and example questions from semistructured interview guides for melanoma healthcare professionals (GPs and dermatologists) and stakeholders
| Topics | Example questions |
| Melanoma healthcare professionals | |
| Risk factors, diagnosis and management | If you identified a suspected melanoma, how would you usually go about getting a biopsy? If you perform the biopsy yourself, how does the information in the pathology report help guide your subsequent management decisions? |
| SLNB | Do you have any thoughts about the role of SLNB in the management of patients with melanoma? What do you see as the benefits and risks of SLNB? |
| Shared decision making | How comfortable would you feel about discussing melanoma management options with a patient? How do you usually tell your patient about different options for managing their melanoma? |
| Stakeholders in melanoma care | |
| Professional/organisational role | Can you tell me about your involvement/your organisation’s involvement in SLNB for melanoma? Can you tell me about how you/your organisation regards SLNB for melanoma? |
| Views on current SLNB guidelines | I know you have written/talked publicly about SLNB, can you expand on that? There are some who hold quite strong views on SLNB. How do you respond to these views? |
| Making changes in relation to SLNB | What might be the barriers to change? What do you think will happen in relation to use of SLNB in the next 5 years/10 years? |
SLNB, sentinel lymph node biopsy.