منابع مشابه
Cutaneous melanoma: prognostic factors.
BACKGROUND Recent data have changed our views of prognostic factors in cutaneous melanoma. While some newer methods have yielded better prognostic information, some insights have evolved as a result of large-scale population-based analyses. METHODS We review current data on several different prognostic factors and divide these factors according to their application in localized primary melano...
متن کاملPrognostic factors for metastasis in cutaneous melanoma*
Background: Melanoma is a malignant neoplasia that shows high mortality when diagnosed in advanced stages. Early identification of high-risk patients for the development of melanoma metastases is the main strategy to reduce mortality. oBjective: To assess the influence of eight epidemiological and histopathologic features on the development of metastases in patients diagnosed with primary cutan...
متن کاملPrognostic factors in primary cutaneous melanoma.
Tumor thickness has historically been the single most important factor in risk assessment for stage I and II melanoma patients. However, it is possible to more accurately determine a patient's prognosis by also using other known prognostic indicators, such as ulceration, vascular invasion, and angiogenesis. A probabilistic approach to risk assessment has implications for the appropriate selecti...
متن کاملPrognostic factors in Uveal Melanoma
Purpose: To investigate the effects of split dose irradiation on primary and metastatic uveal melanoma cell lines using a clonogenic survival assay. Methods: Appropriate cell concentrations of four primary and four metastatic human uveal melanoma cell lines were cultured for irradiation with single doses and with two equal fractions separated by 5 h. After irradiation colony formation was allow...
متن کاملSuperficial and deep lymph node dissection for stage III cutaneous melanoma: clinical outcome and prognostic factors
BACKGROUND The aims of this retrospective analysis were to evaluate the effect of combined superficial and deep groin dissection on disease-free and melanoma-specific survival, and to identify the most important factors for predicting the involvement of deep nodes according to clinically or microscopically detected nodal metastases. METHODS Between January 1996 and December 2005, 133 consecut...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cancer Control
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1073-2748,1073-2748
DOI: 10.1177/107327480501200403