tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa học: "Prognostic factors for lymph node metastasis from advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the skin of the trunk and extremities"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Prognostic factors for lymph node metastasis from advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the skin of the trunk and extremities | BioMed Central World Journal of Surgical Oncology Research Prognostic factors for lymph node metastasis from advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the skin of the trunk and extremities Vinicius de Lima Vazquez 1 Teoclito Sachetto2 Natalia Martins Perpetuo1 and Andre Lopes Carvalho1 Open Access Address Department of Surgery Hospital de Cancer de Barretos Rua Antenor Duarte Villela 1331 Barretos - SP 14784-400 Brazil and 2Department of pathology Hospital de Cancer de Barretos Rua Antenor Duarte Villela 1331 Barretos - SP 14784-400 Brazil Email Vinicius de Lima Vazquez - viniciusvazquez@ Teoclito Sachetto - teosc@ Natalia Martins Perpetuo - ftnatalia@ Andre Lopes Carvalho - cyan@ Corresponding author Published 4 July 2008 Received 3 March 2008 World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2008 6 73 doi 1477-7819-6-73 Accepted 4 July 2008 This article is available from http content 6 1 73 2008 Vazquez et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Squamous cell carcinoma SCC of the skin of the trunk and extremities may present lymph node metastasis with difficult disease control and poor survival. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for lymph node metastasis and outcome. Patients Methods Retrospective review of 57 patients with locally advanced SCC of the trunk and extremities was performed and several clinical variables including age gender ethnicity previously injured skin burns scars ulcers and others patient origin rural or urban anatomic site and treatment were studied. Results Fifteen patients presented with previous skin lesions. Thirty-six were classified as T3 tumors and 21 as T4 46 were N0 and II N1. Eleven N0 patients presented .