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Erschienen in: Annals of Surgical Oncology 12/2015

01.11.2015 | Melanomas

Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection in Head and Neck Melanoma has Prognostic Impact on Disease-Free and Overall Survival

verfasst von: Ulrike Leiter, MD, Thomas K. Eigentler, MD, Hans-Martin Häfner, MD, Michael Krimmel, MD, Ugur Uslu, MD, Ulrike Keim, MSc, Benjamin Weide, MD, Helmut Breuninger, MD, Peter Martus, PhD, Claus Garbe, MD

Erschienen in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Ausgabe 12/2015

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Abstract

Background

Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) plays an important role in the prognostic classification of melanoma and is now a standard staging procedure. However, due to the complex drainage pattern and the risk of site associated morbidity, the potential survival benefit of SLNB is controversial in head and neck (H&N) melanoma.

Methods

Patients with primary H&N melanoma with a tumor thickness ≥1.00 mm diagnosed in the Department of Dermatology, University of Tuebingen, Germany between 1991 and 2010 were included in this study. Regarding patterns of metastases, disease-free, and overall-survival, 259 patients with SLNB were compared retrospectively to 218 patients without SLNB.

Results

The detection of micrometastasis in SLN proved to be a significant prognostic factor in H&N patients [hazard ratio (HR) 3.69, p < 0.0001]. A significant improvement of recurrence-free survival (RFS, p = 0.011), regional lymph node metastasis-free survival (LFS, p = 0.007), and distant metastasis-free survival (DMSF, p = 0.015) was observed for patients with SLNB versus non-SLNB. Furthermore, a trend towards better overall survival (OS) was found (p = 0.053) for the SLNB group.

Conclusions

SLNB improved prognostic outcome in H&N melanoma in terms of disease-free and distant metastases survival, reduced subsequent regional lymph node metastases, and showed a trend towards a better OS.
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Metadaten
Titel
Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection in Head and Neck Melanoma has Prognostic Impact on Disease-Free and Overall Survival
verfasst von
Ulrike Leiter, MD
Thomas K. Eigentler, MD
Hans-Martin Häfner, MD
Michael Krimmel, MD
Ugur Uslu, MD
Ulrike Keim, MSc
Benjamin Weide, MD
Helmut Breuninger, MD
Peter Martus, PhD
Claus Garbe, MD
Publikationsdatum
01.11.2015
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Annals of Surgical Oncology / Ausgabe 12/2015
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Elektronische ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-015-4439-x

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