Completely resected stage III melanoma controversy - 15 years of national tertiary centre experience

Abstract

Two prospective randomized studies analysing cutaneous melanoma (CM) patients with sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastases and rapid development of systemic adjuvant therapy have changed our approach to stage III CM treatment. The aim of this study was to compare results of retrospective survival analysis of stage III CM patients’ treatment from Slovenian national CM register to leading international clinical guidelines.

Keywords

• cutaneous melanoma
• sentinel node biopsy
• completion lymph node dissection
• overall survival