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MALIGNANT MELANOMATA: SOME POINTS IN TREATMENT AND PROGNOSIS
Author(s) -
Clarke J. Maxwell
Publication year - 1952
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1952.tb03430.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lesion , malignancy , melanoma , surgery , cancer research
Summary1 In a clinical study of 90 cases of malig‐ nant melanoma registered at the Auck‐ land Consultation Clinic between 1929 and 1946, the evidence is slightly in favour of local excision only for the primary lesion with delayed operation on regional glands as required. 2 The prognosis in this series is considerably better in women than in men. 3 It is better in the younger age group. 4 Lesions in the head area, in the digits and in the leg appear to carry a better prognosis. 5 It would seem that the shorter the period between apparent onset of malignancy and operation, the worse is the prognosis. 6 With a small lesion, 1 cm. or less, there appears to be a better prognosis than with a larger lesion.