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12846499

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-7-8
pubmed:abstractText
We reviewed patients treated at The Royal Marsden Hospital for mucosal malignant melanoma of the head and neck between 1945 and 1996. The analysis included 89 patients, and this study is the largest so far reported from a single institution in the literature. The overall 5-year survival rate for the patient population was 23% (95% confidence interval: 14-33) and the 10-year survival rate was 12%, (6-21%). The only significant predictor of survival was the tumour stage at presentation. Radical local excision was the only treatment that provided a chance of cure. Adding radiotherapy to surgery in tumours that could be radically excised did not confer any statistically significant advantage in reducing local recurrence or improving survival.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0936-6555
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
199-204
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-3-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Mucosal malignant melanoma of the head and neck: the Marsden experience over half a century.
pubmed:affiliation
Head and Neck Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Trust, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review