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SUBMITTER: Howard JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3405182 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Howard J Harrison JH Thompson John F JF Mozzillo Nicola N Nieweg Omgo E OE Hoekstra Harald J HJ Roses Daniel F DF Sondak Vernon K VK Reintgen Douglas S DS Kashani-Sabet Mohammed M Karakousis Constantine P CP Coventry Brendon J BJ Kraybill William G WG Smithers B Mark BM Elashoff Robert R Stern Stacey L SL Cochran Alistair J AJ Faries Mark B MB Morton Donald L DL
Annals of surgical oncology 20120531 8
<h4>Background</h4>For stage IV melanoma, systemic medical therapy (SMT) is used most frequently; surgery is considered an adjunct in selected patients. We retrospectively compared survival after surgery with or without SMT versus SMT alone for melanoma patients developing distant metastases while enrolled in the first Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial.<h4>Methods</h4>Patients were randomized to wide excision and sentinel node biopsy, or wide excision and nodal observation. We evaluate ...[more]