1. Study of cutaneous melanoma recurrences after sentinel node biopsy: Patterns of dissemination and use of complementary test in follow-up
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Maria José Lecumberri-Biurrun, Juan Ignacio Yanguas-Bayona, Imanol Arozarena-Martinicorena, Elena Goñi-Gironés, and Leire Loidi-Pascual
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Skin Neoplasms ,Sentinel lymph node ,Metastasis ,Breslow Thickness ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Medicine ,Humans ,Stage (cooking) ,Melanoma ,Neoplasm Staging ,Retrospective Studies ,business.industry ,Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy ,Retrospective cohort study ,Sentinel node ,medicine.disease ,Oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Lymphatic Metastasis ,Cutaneous melanoma ,Radiology ,Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ,business ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
OBJECTIVES To investigate the patterns of melanoma recurrence in the local population, including factors that may influence in this event and timing of relapse, and to determine the mode of detection of them. METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study of patients with melanoma who underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy at the Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (Spain) from 2002 to 2012. The following data were collected of each patient: age, gender, date of diagnosis, location of melanoma, histological subtype, Breslow thickness, ulceration, mitosis, sentinel node status, AJCC 8th edition stage, site of first diagnosed metastasis, mode of relapse, date of first relapse and time of death. RESULTS Of 308 patients, 30% people suffered metastasis. The mean follow-up time was 68.63 months. 51.1% of relapses were locoregional and 48.9% haemato-visceral. Sentinel node status was the only variable associated with higher risk of haemato-visceral metastasis (p
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- 2019