Treatment of Cutaneous Melanoma of the Head and Neck With Wide Local Excision Versus Mohs

Autor: Laura M. Dooley, Arya W. Namin, Edouard M. Oudin, Patrick Tassone, Robert P. Zitsch, Tabitha L.I. Galloway
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: The Laryngoscope. 131:2490-2496
ISSN: 1531-4995
0023-852X
Popis: OBJECTIVES Determine if Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) is associated with improved overall survival compared to wide local excision (WLE) when treating cutaneous melanoma of the head and neck (CMHN) and to report the proportion of patients treated with MMS versus WLE who also underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB). METHODS Retrospective cohort study of the National Cancer Database (NCDB) analyzing the overall survival of patients diagnosed with T1 to T4 CMHN between 2004 and 2016 who were treated with either WLE or MMS. RESULTS On multivariable analysis, treatment with WLE versus MMS was not significantly associated with overall survival (HR, 1.094; 95% CI, 0.997-1.201). On multivariable analysis, lower Charlson-Deyo score (HR, 0.489; 95% CI, 0.427-0.560), negative margins (HR, 0.754; 95% CI, 0.705-0.807), and N0 classification (HR 0.698; 95% CI, 0.668-0.730) were associated with improved overall survival. Seventy-seven percent of patients treated with MMS did not undergo SLNB, while 45% of patients treated with WLE did not undergo SLNB (P
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