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. 2023 Nov 23;15(23):5550. doi: 10.3390/cancers15235550

Table 1.

Case series of adjuvant radiation including node-positive patients.

Paper N Node-Positive (%) SLNB Performed (%) Radiation Median Follow-Up Recurrence Endpoints
Adjuvant Definitive Total N (%) Reported Endpoint by Stage I II III a III b Total
Santamaria-Barria et al. [6] 161 32% 17.0% 79 0 79 (49%) 36 months Recurrence rate (%) 34 50 47 68 44
Harrington et al. [7] 179 23% 3.4% 95 37 132 (74%) 48 months Locoregional recurrence (%) - - - - 8.3
Hui et al. [8] 176 35% 4.0% - - 165 (94%) 26 months Locoregional recurrence (%) - - - - 35.0
Fields et al. [11] 153 29% 100% 30 - 30 (20%) 41 months Locoregional recurrence (%) - - - - 13.0
Veness et al. [5] 86 41% 18.3% 43 6 49 (57%) 31 months Local and/or nodal relapse (%) - - - - 31.0
Fang et al. [12] 50 100% 52.00% (remainder cN+) 45 2 47 (94%) 18 months 2-year regional recurrence-free survival (%) - - 100 75 12.0
Mehrany et al. [13] 60 33% 100% 16 - 16 (27%) SLNB (−) 7.3 months SLNB (+) 12 months Local, regional, or distant recurrence (%) - - - - 33.0
Deneve et al. [14] 38 100% 0.0% 26 9 35 (92%) 25.1 months Regional recurrence (%)/any recurrence (%) - - - 11/34 -
Ma et al. [15] 962 100% 100% 356 - 356 (37%) 32.0 months 5-year overall survival (%) - - 50.9 - 50.9
Cass et al. [16] 80 32.5% 80% 71 8 79 (99%) 35 months 3-year local recurrence-free survival (%) - - - - 94
Broida et al. [17] 120 31% 91% 86 - 86 (72%) 48 months 5-year disease-specific survival (%) 88 89 40 82
Pottier et al. [18] 312 28.9% 37% 226 - 226 (72%) - Recurrence rate (%) 37.6 22.2 50.7 39.5
Strom et al. [19] 113 26.1% 61.1% 81 - 81 (72%) 27 months 3-year recurrence-free survival (%) 83.5 87.4 50.0 -

Case series of MCC reporting recurrence rates and including node-positive patients with use of adjuvant radiation therapy. Abbreviations: N = number, SLNB = sentinel lymph node biopsy, cN+ = clinically node-positive.