Temporal Recurrence of Cutaneous Melanoma: Analysis of a Case Series

The recurrence of cutaneous melanoma is one of the main reasons for surveillance after primary tumor treatment, and there is still little data on melanoma recurrence related to the Brazilian population. We sought to evaluate the profile of patients with cutaneous melanoma recurrence within five year...

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Published in:The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology 2023-12, Vol.16 (12), p.32-38
Main Authors: Salomão, Paula Resende, Costa Pimenta, Matheus Resende, Alves Wainstein, Alberto Julius, Drummond-Lage, Ana Paula
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Language:English
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Summary:The recurrence of cutaneous melanoma is one of the main reasons for surveillance after primary tumor treatment, and there is still little data on melanoma recurrence related to the Brazilian population. We sought to evaluate the profile of patients with cutaneous melanoma recurrence within five years of (early) and five years after (late) initial diagnosis. Patients diagnosed between 2006 and 2014 in a private reference service in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, were included. Demographic, clinical, histopathological, and disease evolution variables were collected and analyzed using the R version 4.0.0 program. A -value less than 0.05 was considered significant. The sample was composed of 331 patients with melanoma, and the 43 patients with recurrence presented with higher mean age ( =0.049), male predominance ( =0.030), a lower proportion of Breslow thickness under 0.8mm (
ISSN:1941-2789
2689-9175