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1118090

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1975-6-9
pubmed:abstractText
Twenty-three cases of malignant melanoma of the vulva recorded at Roswell Park Memorial Institute over a 36-year period have been reviewed. The findings confirm those of earlier series that these lesions tend to occur in postmenopausal Caucasians and most commonly originate on the labia minora and clitoris. Twenty of 23 patients were treated with therapy more conservative than radical vulvectomy and regional node dissection, with a resultant 25% 5-year survival and 10% 10-year survival among eligible patients. The fact that 12 of 14 recurrences surgical removal of these structures; No patient in this series with a lesion greater than 2 cm or with clinically positive groin nodes survived 5 years. According to the literature, very few patients with groin node involvement have survived, even with radical surgical therapy, and a combination of therapeutic modalities in treating these patients is recommended.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0029-7844
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
181-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-10-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Melanoma of the vulva.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article