title: [Indications for preventive axillary lymphadenectomy in melanoma of the skin of the upper extremity].
abstract: Based upon clinico-morphological analyses of data of 79 patients with primary melanomas of the upper extremity skin the authors have found 3 risk factors of the regional metastasing process. It was shown that in patients having these risk factors there is 50% higher probability of regional metastases of melanomas which may be taken as indications for performing prophylactic axillary lymphadenectomy in such patients.
authors: R I
authors: RI
authors: Vagner
authors: V V
authors: VV
authors: Anisimov
mesh_terms: D001365:Axilla; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Pokazaniia k profilakticheskoĭ podmyshechnoĭ limfadenektomii pri melanomakh kozhi verkhneĭ knoechnosti.