title: Prognostic significance of melanoma arising in the scalp.
abstract: Thirty-five patients with stage I melanoma of the scalp were retrospectively reviewed and compared with similar patients with melanoma of the extremity and trunk. Patients with melanoma of the scalp were predominantly male. The 5-year survival rate was 89 percent. This compared favorably with similar patients with melanoma arising either in the trunk or the extremity. The prognosis of patients with stage I melanoma of the scalp is no worse than that of patients with melanoma arising in the trunk or extremity; therefore, they should be treated in a comparable manner.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Oncology, John Wayne Cancer Clinic, UCLA School of Medicine 90024.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Essner
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Economou
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Morton
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005121:Extremities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*