Bateni, Sarah B, Johns, Alexandra J, Gingrich, Alicia A, Gholami, Sepideh, Bold, Richard J, Canter, Robert J, Kirane, Amanda R (May 2020) Elderly Age Is Associated With More Conservative Treatment of Invasive Melanoma. Anticancer Research: international journal of cancer research and treatment, 40 (5). pp. 2895-2903. ISSN 0250-7005
Abstract
BACKGROUND/AIM: Competing mortality risks complicate treatment of elderly melanoma patients potentially leading to conservative management, including no sentinel lymph node biopsy. As systemic immunotherapy offers justification for nodal evaluation, we examined treatment trends among elderly melanoma patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We performed a National Cancer Database analysis of melanoma patients from 2004-2015. Patients were categorized by age (elderly ≥80-years-old). Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed comparing characteristics and treatment by age. RESULTS: Of 187,814 patients, 2.7% were 1-25, 11.6% were 26-40, 46.6% were 41-64, 28.8% were 65-79, and 10.3% were ≥80-years-old with clinicopathologic and treatment differences between age cohorts. Nodal surgery was least common among elderly patients (43.1% vs. 60.7-69.8%, p<0.0001). For stage III, immunotherapy was least common among the elderly (p<0.0001), but associated with greater survival (HR=0.52, 95%CI=0.32-0.84, p=0.008). CONCLUSION: Elderly melanoma patients were often treated conservatively, including no nodal evaluation, concerning for the potential undertreatment of this population.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Subjects: | diseases & disorders > cancer diseases & disorders diseases & disorders > cancer > drugs and therapies > Immunotherapy diseases & disorders > cancer > cancer types > melanomas diseases & disorders > cancer > cancer types |
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| Communities: | CSHL labs > Gholami Lab |
| SWORD Depositor: | CSHL Elements |
| Depositing User: | CSHL Elements |
| Date: | May 2020 |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Oct 2023 17:41 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2024 20:12 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/41135 |
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