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.