Narrow-Margin Excision for Invasive Acral Melanoma: Is It Acceptable?

• Published in: Journal of clinical medicine Vol. 9; no. 7; p. 2266
• Main Authors: Ito, Takamichi, Kaku-Ito, Yumiko, Wada-Ohno, Maiko, Furue, Masutaka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 16.07.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: acral lentiginous melanoma; Biopsy; Clinical medicine; Clinical outcomes; Lymphatic system; Melanoma; Patients; prognosis; Skin & tissue grafts; Skin cancer; Software packages; surgery; United States > US

In this retrospective review of 100 patients with primary invasive acral melanoma, we examined whether narrow-margin excision is warranted for acral melanoma. Patients treated with surgical margins recommended by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (R-group) were compared to those treated with...