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Locoregional Lymph Node Recurrence of Trunk Melanoma in Non-sentinel Lymph Node Basins: An Observational Retrospective Study.
Locoregional Lymph Node Recurrence of Trunk Melanoma in Non-sentinel Lymph Node Basins: An Observational Retrospective Study.
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Acta dermato-venereologica [Acta Derm Venereol] 2020 Oct 06; Vol. 100 (17), pp. adv00284. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 06. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Locoregional lymph node recurrences of primary trunk melanoma can occur in basins not identified during sentinel lymph node biopsy. However, the factors associated with recurrences in non-sentinel lymph node basins are unknown. To evaluate these factors, this observational retrospective study examined the patterns of first lymph node recurrence and the factors associated with recurrence in non-sentinel lymph node basins. A total of 305 patients with primary trunk melanoma who had undergone sentinel lymph node biopsy from 2000 to 2015 were evaluated. Twenty-three patients presented locoregional lymph node recurrence; 8 of which (34.8%) were in non-sentinel lymph node basins. Non-sentinel lymph node recurrences were more frequent in patients with positive sentinel lymph nodes and in those patients whose number of tumour-involved nodes was > 3. These results suggest that clinical examination and ultrasound surveillance should be performed on all potential lymph node drainage basins of trunk melanomas.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1651-2057
- Volume :
- 100
- Issue :
- 17
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Acta dermato-venereologica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32945339
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-3635