MELANOMA OF SKIN OF BREAST - THERAPEUTIC CONSIDERATIONS BASED ON 6 CASES

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 81  (5) , 583-587
Abstract
Melanomas of the skin of the breast are uncommon lesions which are amenable to cure with standard mastectomy techniques, even when lymphatic spread has occurred. Of 6 patients treated, 2 died of metastatic melanoma, 1 treated by wide excision and subsequent axillary dissection and the other by radical mastectomy initially. Of the remaining patients, 1 with positive axillary nodes at the time of mastectomy died 28 yr following operation of unrelated causes, 1 with axillary nodes involved is 5 yr without evidence of recurrence and 2 who were followed for < 2 yr, are without evidence of recurrent disease in spite of having had positive nodes at the time of initial treatment. All 6 patients had pigmented lesions of the skin of the breast for many years, suggesting that such lesions in this location should be considered premalignant.

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