title: [Significant prognostic factors for recurrence-free survival after surgical treatment of head-neck melanoma].
abstract: The clinico-pathological and therapeutic data of 512 patients with clinical stage I invasive head and neck melanoma of the skin were re-evaluated. There were 287 females and 225 males. The median age at primary surgery was 65 years, range 18 to 96 years. The median observation period was 5 years, range 1 month to 25 years. Sex, age, ulcerated tumor and tumor thickness were found by Cox multivariate regression analysis to act as independent prognostic factors for recurrence-free survival. In addition, size of the excision margin was found of no significance for survival without relapse when adjusting for the independent risk factors.
authors.affiliation: Kirurgisk afdeling S, rekonstruktionskirurgi og patologiafdelingen, Rigshospitalet, København.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gottlieb
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Søndergaard
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hou-Jensen
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Drzewiecki
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011379:Prognosis; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Prognostiske faktorer af betydning for den recidivfrie overlevelse efter kirurgisk behandling af hoved-hals-melanom.