Table 4.
Surgical management and metastatic patterns of patients with thin melanomas and regression
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| Clinically NED after primary excision
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Group 3: Metastatic disease at presentation | ||
| Group 1: SNBx performed | Group 2: LN staging not done | ||
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| Wide local excision [no. (%)] | |||
| Yes | 35 (100) | 29 (94) | 5 (56) |
| No | 0 (0) | 2 (6) | 4 (44) |
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| Surgical LN evaluation* | |||
| Yes | 35 (100) | 0 (0) | 8 (89) |
| No | 0 (0) | 31 (100) | 1 (11) |
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| Recurrence after initial diagnosis | |||
| Yes | 2 (5.7) | 3 (9.7) | |
| Local recurrence | 1 | 0 | |
| Regional LN | 0 | 2 | |
| Distant skin, nodes, or viscera | 1 | 1 | |
| No | 33 | 28 | |
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| Median Follow-up (months) | 52 | 38 | 28 |
*
Refers to either SNBx (Groups 1 and 2) or lymphadenectomy (Group 3)