IS THE ACRAL-LENTIGINOUS MELANOMA (ALM) M ORE MALIGNANT THAN THE SUPERFICIAL SPREADING MELANOMA (SSM) IN A HIGH-RISK LOCATION - A MATCHED-PAIR COMPARISON OF 113 EACH ALM AND SSM IN A MULTICENTER STUDY

Authors
BREUNINGER H KOHLER C DREPPER H BASTIAN B BROCKER EB GOHL J GROTH W HERMANEK P HOHENBERGER W LIPPOLD A KOLMEL K LANDTHALER M PETERS A TILGEN W
Citation
H. Breuninger et al., IS THE ACRAL-LENTIGINOUS MELANOMA (ALM) M ORE MALIGNANT THAN THE SUPERFICIAL SPREADING MELANOMA (SSM) IN A HIGH-RISK LOCATION - A MATCHED-PAIR COMPARISON OF 113 EACH ALM AND SSM IN A MULTICENTER STUDY, Hautarzt, 45(8), 1994, pp. 529-531
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Hautarzt → ACNP
ISSN journal
00178470
Volume
45
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
529 - 531
Database
ISI
SICI code
0017-8470(1994)45:8<529:ITAM(M>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Even today, the prognosis of acrallentiginous melanoma (ALM) remains a controversial topic. We present a large case study including all know n factors relevant for prognosis. 113 ALMs in 3616 melanoma patients w ere paired as precisely as possible with their twins, i.e. with 113 su perficial spreading melanomas (SSM) from a group of 619 SSMs with high -risk location. The ALMs and SSMs were equivalent in tumor thickness, patient gender and mode of treatment. The follow-up period was for at least 5 years. The 5-year Kaplan-Meier survival curve in both groups a re identical. The poor prognosis often ascribed to ALM results from th e prognostic factor location. ALM should therefore be regarded as acra l localized melanoma.