Breslow density ability to predict melanoma survival: should it be used in clinical practice?

• Published in: Clinical and experimental dermatology Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 56 - 61
• Main Authors: Gil-Pallares, Pedro, Figueroa-Silva, Olalla, Taboada-Paz, Laura, Gil-Pallares, María Eugenia, Sánchez-Aguilar Rojas, María Dolores, Balboa-Barreiro, Vanesa, Navarro-Bielsa, Alba, Suárez-Peñaranda, José Manuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 23.12.2024
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Disease-Free Survival; Female; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Melanoma - mortality; Melanoma - pathology; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Staging; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; ROC Curve; Skin Neoplasms - mortality; Skin Neoplasms - pathology; Survival Rate

Breslow density (BD) is an estimation of melanoma volume, which has emerged as a novel histopathological prognostic biomarker. To evaluate the role of BD as a predictor of patients' survival and assess its prognostic value in relation to overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), melan...