title: Elective lymph node dissection in stage I cutaneous malignant melanoma of the head and neck. A report from the Swedish Melanoma Study Group.
abstract: The effect of elective lymph node dissection in patients with cutaneous malignant melanoma of the head and neck was investigated in a retrospective study. Of 517 patients in clinical stage I, 84 underwent elective dissection of the ipsilateral neck lymph nodes. In six of these patients, lymph node metastases were demonstrated at histopathological examination. There was a slight reduction in the incidence of recurrent disease in the regional lymph nodes in the group of patients who had undergone elective lymph node dissection, but this difference was not statistically significant. No significant differences were seen between the two groups regarding overall survival of disease-related survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Oncology, Radiumhemmet, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hansson
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ringborg
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lagerlöf
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Afzelius
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Augustsson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Blomquist
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Boeryd
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carlin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Edström
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eldh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome