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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dermatol Surg. 2016 Jun;42(6):733–744. doi: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000000725

Table 3.

Crude local recurrence rates

Thickness Primary Recurrent Total
MMS (n)/N MMS % (±SD) MMS (n)/N MMS% (±SD) MMS %
MIS 3/863 0.35 (±0.007) 1/119 0.84 (±0.08) 0.41
Invasive 4/556 0.72 (±0.02) 3/59 5.1 (±0.38) 1.14
Total 7/1419 0.49 (±0.005) 4/178 2.25 (±0.08) 0.69

Mean time to recurrence was 2.76 yrs (±2.26yrs) for primary tumors and 2.82 yrs (±2.40yrs) for recurrent tumors.

MIS, Melanoma in situ