The role of parotidectomy in the treatment of cutaneous head and neck melanoma

Sixty-five patients with melanoma underwent parotidectomy as part of the initial treatment. Clinical evaluation of the parotid nodal status was inaccurate. Patients with parotid nodal metastases had a significantly decreased survival at 5 years, 22 percent compared with 67 percent in the patients wi...

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Published inThe American journal of surgery Vol. 156; no. 4; pp. 318 - 322
Main Authors Caldwell, Christopher B., Spiro, Ronald H.
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.10.1988
Elsevier
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Head and Neck Neoplasms - mortality
Head and Neck Neoplasms - surgery
Humans
Lymphatic Metastasis
Male
Medical sciences
Melanoma - mortality
Melanoma - surgery
Middle Aged
Otorhinolaryngology (head neck, general aspects and miscellaneous)
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Parotid Gland - surgery
Retrospective Studies
Skin Neoplasms - mortality
Skin Neoplasms - surgery
Tumors
Human
Skin disease
Parotid gland
Malignant melanoma
Parotidectomy
Head and neck
ENT disease
Tumor
Skin
Metastasis
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Summary:Sixty-five patients with melanoma underwent parotidectomy as part of the initial treatment. Clinical evaluation of the parotid nodal status was inaccurate. Patients with parotid nodal metastases had a significantly decreased survival at 5 years, 22 percent compared with 67 percent in the patients with univolved nodes. Distant metastasis was the first indication of treatment failure in most of the patients with parotid involvement.
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ISSN:0002-9610
1879-1883
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9610(88)80303-9