Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift für Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
[Long-term results of adjuvant chemotherapy after therapeutic lymph node dissection in patients with cutaneous malignant melanoma].
224 patients with malignant melanoma and palpable axillary or inguinal lymphadenopathy underwent therapeutic lymph node dissection at the Martin-Luther-University in Halle, Germany. between 1983 and 1994. 120 received adjuvant chemotherapy; we evaluated the effects of various regimens in this group. ⋯ No beneficial effect of adjuvant chemotherapies could be demonstrated.