Fractionated radiotherapy of lentigo maligna and lentigo maligna melanoma in 64 patients

• Published in: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 477 - 482
• Main Authors: Schmid-Wendtner, M.H., Brunner, B., Konz, B., Kaudewitz, P., Wendtner, C.M., Peter, R.U., Plewig, G., Volkenandt, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.09.2000; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Dermatology; Dose Fractionation; Female; Humans; Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle - pathology; Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle - radiotherapy; Male; Medical sciences; Melanoma - pathology; Melanoma - radiotherapy; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; Skin Neoplasms - pathology; Skin Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Treatment Outcome; Tumors of the skin and soft tissue. Premalignant lesions; Human; Lentigo maligna; Skin disease; Treatment; Malignant melanoma; Tumor; Malignant tumor; Radiotherapy

Between 1987 and 1998, 64 patients with lentigo maligna (LM) (n = 42) or lentigo maligna melanoma (LMM) (n = 22) were treated by fractionated radiotherapy. In all 22 patients with LMM, excision of the nodular part of the LMM was performed before radiation of the residual lentiginous tumor. During th...