Tanning beds: A call to action for further educational and legislative efforts.

Backgorund And Objectives: Melanoma is steadily increasing over the past decade. Recent studies confirmed a link between tanning bed use and melanoma. We sought to determine the prevalence and frequency of tanning bed among young patients with melanoma.

The risk of lymph node involvement in malignant cutaneous adnexal tumors.

Malignant cutaneous adnexal tumors (MCATs) are rare neoplasms that do not have a well-studied treatment algorithm. They are generally treated by excision alone. Given its successful application in other cutaneous malignancies, sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has been advocated by some for use in MCATs.

1 or 2 cm margins of excision for T2 melanomas: do they impact recurrence or survival?

Background: NCCN guidelines recommend 1 or 2 cm margins for melanomas 1-2 mm (T2 melanomas) in depth; however, no head-to-head comparison has been performed. We hypothesized 1- or 2-cm margins would have similar local recurrence (LR) and overall survival (OS).

Methods: An institutional database was queried for patients with 1.

Analysis of regional recurrence after negative sentinel lymph node biopsy for head and neck melanoma.

Background: The head and neck have a rich lymphatic drainage and complex anatomy, which complicate sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy for melanoma. The incidence of regional recurrence after a negative SLN biopsy has been shown to be higher than that at other sites. Compounding factors in this scenario were analyzed to determine their impact on both SLN status and survival.

Increasing Age Is Associated with Worse Prognostic Factors and Increased Distant Recurrences despite Fewer Sentinel Lymph Node Positives in Melanoma.

Background. Advanced age is associated with a poorer prognosis in patients with melanoma. Despite this established finding, a decreased incidence of positive sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) with advancing age has paradoxically been described.