Abstract
The clinico-pathological and therapeutic data of 512 patients with clinical stage I invasive head and neck melanoma of the skin were re-evaluated. There were 287 females and 225 males. The median age at primary surgery was 65 years, range 18 to 96 years. The median observation period was 5 years, range 1 month to 25 years. Sex, age, ulcerated tumor and tumor thickness were found by Cox multivariate regression analysis to act as independent prognostic factors for recurrence-free survival. In addition, size of the excision margin was found of no significance for survival without relapse when adjusting for the independent risk factors.
| Translated title of the contribution | [Significant prognostic factors for recurrence-free survival after surgical treatment of head-neck melanoma] |
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| Original language | Danish |
| Journal | Ugeskrift for Laeger |
| Volume | 155 |
| Issue number | 31 |
| Pages (from-to) | 2397-9 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISSN | 0041-5782 |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Aug 1993 |