Lymph Node Biopsy Does Not Impair Survival After Therapeutic Dissection for Palpable Melanoma Metastases

Age as a key factor influencing metastas

Age as a key factor influencing metastasizing patterns and disease-specific survival after sentinel lymph node biopsy for cutaneous melanoma

✍ Lutz Kretschmer; Hans Starz; Kai-Martin Thoms; Imke Satzger; Bernward Völker; Kl 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 French ⚖ 313 KB

## Abstract In our study, we investigated the impact of the constitutional factor age on the clinical courses of melanoma patients with sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy. Descriptive statistics, Kaplan‐Meier estimates, logistic regression analysis and the Cox proportional hazards model were used to