title: [Indications for preventive regional lymphadenectomy in primary melanoma of the skin of the head and neck].
abstract: The authors have conducted a retrospective analysis of results of the surgical treatment of primary melanomas of the skin in the area of head and neck in 86 patients. Five-year survival of the patients made up 53.5 +/- 5.4%. On the basis of studying the dependence of incidence of regional metastases of primary tumors on most important clinico-morphological factors the indications were developed for performing prophylactic cervical regional lymphadenectomy. The authors consider that the selective prophylactic lymphadenectomy will contribute to the improvement of long-term results of treatment of patients with primary melanomas of the skin of head and neck.
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Vagner
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Anisimov
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Zhuravlev
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Pokazaniia k profilakticheskoĭ limfadenéktomii pri pervichnykh melanomakh kozhi golovy i shei.