title: [The surgical treatment of patients with skin melanoma of the extremities and trunk].
abstract: The surgical method of treatment late follow-up results of 901 patient with body and extremities skin melanoma in stages T1-4 N0M0 were analyzed. It was established that melanoma is metastasizing into the regional lymphatic nodes. The metastases are occurring from 1 month up to 20 years. Only 67.7% of patients survive more that three year and 53.5%--5 years after the tumor excision.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Korovin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Khirurgicheskoe lechenie bol'nykh s melanomoĭ kozhi konechnosteĭ i tulovishcha.