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Merkel cell carcinoma: Critical review with guidelines for multidisciplinary management
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2007-07-01)
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a relatively rare cutaneous malignancy that occurs predominantly in the older white population. The incidence of MCC appears to have tripled during the past 20 years; an increase that is ...
The impact of factors beyond Breslow depth on predicting sentinel lymph node positivity in melanoma
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2007-01-01)
BACKGROUND. In addition to Breslow depth, the authors previously described how increasing mitotic rate and decreasing age predicted sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastases in patients with melanoma. The objectives of the ...
Low recurrence rate after surgery for dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2004-03-01)
BACKGROUND Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a rare sarcoma with a propensity for local recurrence. Treatments with wide excision, Mohs surgery, and other approaches have been reported with widely variable local ...
Mitotic Rate and Younger Age Are Predictors of Sentinel Lymph Node Positivity: Lessons Learned From the Generation of a Probabilistic Model
(Springer-Verlag; The Society of Surgical Oncology, Inc., 2004-03)
Background: Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy allows surgeons to identify patients with subclinical nodal involvement who may benefit from lymphadenectomy and, possibly, adjuvant therapy. Several factors have been variably, ...
Wide excision without radiation for desmoplastic melanoma
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2005-10-01)
BACKGROUND Adjuvant radiation has been proposed for the treatment of patients with desmoplastic melanoma, who reportedly have local recurrence rates as high as 40–60%. The authors investigated local recurrence rates at a ...
What is a sentinel node? Re-evaluating the 10% rule for sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2007-06-15)
Introduction Many surgeons use the “10% rule” to define whether a lymph node is a sentinel node (SLN) when staging malignant melanoma. However, this increases the number of SLN removed and the time and cost of the procedure. ...
Sexually transmitted diseases and other urogenital conditions as risk factors for prostate cancer: a case–control study in Wayne County, Michigan
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer, 2005-04)
Objective To investigate associations between prostate cancer and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and vasectomy in a population-based case–control study in Wayne County, ...
Racial differences in cervical cancer survival in the Detroit metropolitan area
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2008-03-15)
BACKGROUND African-American (AA) women have lower survival rates from cervical cancer compared with white women. The objective of this study was to examine the influence of socioeconomic status (SES) and other variables ...
Desmoplastic and neurotropic melanoma
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2004-02-01)
BACKGROUND Desmoplastic and neurotropic melanoma (DNMM) occasionally metastasizes to regional lymph nodes and extranodal sites. The value of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has not been demonstrated clearly for patients ...
Thin primary cutaneous melanomas
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2002-10-01)
BACKGROUND Public awareness and education may lead to the detection of thinner melanomas, which may result in a decrease in morbidity and mortality rates. Which detection patterns, lesion, and patient characteristics are ...