| 15 | 儿童和成人的黑色素瘤是否有区别:对33例来自单一研究机构儿童黑色素瘤的回顾性分析显示文摘Objective. To ascertain whether childhood melanoma presents any peculiar clinical features or differences in prognosis with respect to adults, we retrospectively analyzed the data from 33 patients who were up to 14 years of age and treated for cutaneous melanoma at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, over a 25-year period. Methods. Primary lesions were amelanotic in half of the cases and raised in 73%. Lower extremities were the most common primary sites. Histologically, 9 cases were classified as nodular type, and median thickness was 2.5 mm. Nine children had nodal involvement at diagnosis, 2 in-transit metastases, and 1 distant spread. Surgery was the mainstay of treatment; 9 patients underwent lymph node dissection, 3 received chemotherapy, and 2 received radiotherapy. Results. With a median follow-up of 122 months, 5-year event-free survival and overall survival were 60%and 70%, respectively. Age seemed to correlate with survival,event-free survival being 90%in children under 10 and 47%in older patients, although the initial microstaging seemed worse in the former. Conclusion. By comparisonwith adult cases, childhood melanoma can have a higher percentage of atypical clinical features (amelanotic and raised lesions), nodular histotype, and thick lesions. Although we have no data to support any suggestion of biological differences between young children and adolescents or adults, our findings give the impression that melanoma behaves differently in the younger age group. | Ferrari A. Bono A. Baldi M. 唐彦 | 2006 | 世界核心医学期刊文摘(儿科学分册)2006，0，11： | 0 |
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