Prognostic factors of melanoma patients with satellite or in-transit metastasis at the time of stage III diagnosis.

BACKGROUND: Prognosis of patients with loco-regional skin metastases has not been analyzed in detail and the presence or absence of concurrent lymph node metastasis represents the only established prognostic factor thus far. Most studies were limited to patients already presenting with skin lesions...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Weide, Christine Faller, Petra Büttner, Annette Pflugfelder, Ulrike Leiter, Thomas Kurt Eigentler, Jürgen Bauer, Andrea Forschner, Friedegund Meier, Claus Garbe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3639278?pdf=render