The influence of resection margin on prognosis in clinical stage I malignant melanoma of the lower leg
Autor: | Jens Jørgen Elberg, Christian Ladefoged, Henrik Poulsen |
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Rok vydání: | 1989 |
Předmět: |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Skin Neoplasms Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Cumulative Survival Rate Cumulative survival Methods Medicine Humans Survival rate Melanoma Aged Neoplasm Staging Aged 80 and over Leg business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Wide local excision Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Resection margin Female Ankle Neoplasm Recurrence Local business |
Zdroj: | Scandinavian journal of plastic and reconstructive surgery and hand surgery. 23(1) |
ISSN: | 0284-4311 |
Popis: | The incidence of local recurrence and cumulative survival rate were compared for two groups of patients with stage I malignant melanoma of the lower leg. Group 1 included 119 patients treated from 1964 to 1978 with a wide local excision extending to the ankle. Group 2 included 58 patients treated from 1978 to 1981 with a 5 cm incision margin in all directions. Lesions within both groups were comparable based on measurements of tumor thickness. However, level of invasion indicated significantly more advanced lesions in the first group. Risk of local recurrence was related to thickness and ulceration. There were no statistically significant differences in frequency of local recurrences or cumulative survival rates between the two groups. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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