Cutaneous melanoma in Turkey: analysis of 1157 patients in the Melanoma Turkish Study.
| Autor: | Abali H; Acibadem University School of Medicine, Department of Medical Oncology, Istanbul, Turkey., Celik I, Karaca B, Turna H, Kaytan Saglam E, Akman T, Oztop I, Senol Coskun H, Serdar Turhal N, Sezer A, Nayir E, Arican A, Ozkan M, Sevinc A, Demir G, Budakoglu B, Issikdogan A, Engin H, Kilickap S, Coskun U, Oyan B, Harputluoglu H, Er O, Kavgaci H, Elk Ran T |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of B.U.ON. : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology [J BUON] 2015 Jul-Aug; Vol. 20 (4), pp. 1137-41. |
| Abstrakt: | Purpose: To develop a large Turkish National Melanoma registry in order to define demographic and clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with melanoma. Methods: The data was collected from 1635 patients with melanoma through a web-based registry system in 22 centers. Herein we present the results of 1157 patients with cutaneous melanoma. Results: The patient median age was 56.4 years and 646 (55.8%) were males. The commonest subtype was superficial spreading type (357, 30.9%). The commonest primary site was the lower extremities (N=353, 30.5%). The most common Breslow thickness was 1-2 mm (361 patients, 43.5%). Only 104 (12.5%) patients had a thickness <1mm. Among 694 patients with available data, 136 (19.6%) presented with stage 4 disease while the most frequent stage was stage 3, encountered in 393 (56.6% patients). Conclusion: Our melanoma registry is the largest in our country providing a snapshot view of cutaneous melanoma and its care. Our patients presented with more advanced stages and they had worse prognosis compared to SEER database. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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