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WILLIAM W. SHOCKLEY, MD
Shreveport, La

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1989;115(10):1162.

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At the 31st annual meeting of the American Society for Head and Neck Surgery in San Francisco, Calif, Kian Ang, MD, Robert Byers, MD, Lester Peters, MD, and Helmuth Goepfert, MD, Houston, Tex, reported on the efficacy of radiation therapy in conjuction with surgery in the treatment of high-risk cutaneous melanoma.

The authors studied 83 patients with cutaneous melanoma of the head and neck and divided them into three groups. Group 1 (35 patients) had lesions greater than or equal to 1.5 mm in thickness, but with no palpable lymphadenopathy. Of this group, 35% had lesions greater than 4 mm in thickness. Treatment included wide local excision followed by elective irradiation to the tumor bed and draining lymphatic vessels. Five treatments were administered two times a week for a total dose of 30 Gy. Group 2 consisted of 15 patients who had previously untreated disease as well as palpable regional . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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