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End results in melanoma. A comparison of a university versus a private practice series
Author(s) -
Morfit H. Mason,
Cohen Bernard I.,
Ratzer Erick R.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(196811)22:5<945::aid-cncr2820220508>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - medicine , private practice , dissection (medical) , melanoma , surgery , series (stratigraphy) , general surgery , family medicine , paleontology , cancer research , biology
No therapy except surgery has a proven place in the treatment of melanoma; controversy exists as to how extensive it should be and on its timing. This paper reports the 5‐year salvage rate in 104 patients, half being treated in private practice and half in a university center. The salvage rate in private patients was 51% and for the university group 39%. The greatest single factor responsible for the more favorable rate is that a greater proportion of the private group received elective regional node dissection. These figures conform with others reported and support the concept that whenever the primary tumor is located near a single group of regional nodes, they should be removed whether they are clinically suspicious or not.