Association of Mohs Micrographic Surgery vs Wide Local Excision With Overall Survival Outcomes for Patients With Melanoma of the Trunk and Extremities | Zendy

Addison M. Demer | Zendy; Jamie L. Hanson | Zendy; Ian A. Maher | Zendy; Walter Liszewski | Zendy

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Association of Mohs Micrographic Surgery vs Wide Local Excision With Overall Survival Outcomes for Patients With Melanoma of the Trunk and Extremities

Author(s) -

Addison M. Demer,

Jamie L. Hanson,

Ian A. Maher,

Walter Liszewski

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

jama dermatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.128

H-Index - 166

eISSN - 2168-6084

pISSN - 2168-6068

DOI - 10.1001/jamadermatol.2020.3950

Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , trunk , multivariate analysis , wide local excision , retrospective cohort study , melanoma , mohs surgery , skin cancer , cohort , surgery , cancer , confidence interval , ecology , cancer research , biology

Although previous database studies suggest that Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) treatment is associated with improved overall survival (OS) for head and neck melanomas, outcomes for trunk and extremity (T&E) tumors have not been adequately evaluated.

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