Open AccessSurgical Management and Prognostic Factors in Patients with Subungual Melanoma
Author(s) -
Keith M. Heaton,
Adel K. ElNaggar,
Lisa G. Ensign,
Merrick I. Ross,
Charles M. Balch
Publication year - 1994
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 - 10.1097/00000658-199402000-00012
Subject(s) - medicine , amputation , melanoma , univariate analysis , perfusion , stage (stratigraphy) , lymph node , surgery , oncology , multivariate analysis , cancer research , paleontology , biology
Forty-six cases of subungual melanoma were reviewed to identify significant clinicopathologic prognostic factors, determine the role of DNA content analysis in the biologic assessment of these tumors, and evaluate the effectiveness of amputation level, lymph node dissection (LND), and regional limb perfusion on the survival of these patients.