Open AccessMetastasis and Death in Patients with Thin Melanomas (Less than 0.76 mm)
Author(s) -
John E. Woods,
Edward H. Soule,
Edward T. Creagan
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-198307000-00012
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , dermatology , metastasis , pathology , cancer , cancer research
Experience with melanomas measuring less than 0.76 mm was reviewed. Over a 10-year period, of more than 400 patients with thin melanomas, 12 melanomas were found to have metastasized, with 11 resulting in death. Patients with thin melanomas should be carefully followed.