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In 1999, an estimated 40,300 Americans will be diagnosed with cutaneous melanoma. Of these, approx 50% will have primaries that occur on the extremity (1). Although most patients present with disease that can be cured with surgery alone, approx 10–15% of patients with extremity melanoma will develop local recurrence, satellitosis, or intransit disease that is difficult to control or cure (2). Indeed, the most common pattern of recurrence in patients treated for localized melanoma is local-regional (3–6). Patients at highest risk for recurrent disease are those who present with deep primary melanoma or clinically positive regional nodal disease, or both.
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Brady, M.S., Coit, D.G. (2000). Regional Chemotherapy of Melanoma. In: Markman, M. (eds) Regional Chemotherapy. Current Clinical Oncology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-219-7_4
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