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Observational studyClinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico2019

Mitotic rate as an important prognostic factor in cutaneous malignant melanoma.

A Piñero-Madrona, G Ruiz-Merino, P Cerezuela Fuentes, E Martínez-Barba, J N Rodríguez-López, J Cabezas-Herrera

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Observational study in Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A Piñero-MadronaDepartment of Surgery, Hospital Clínico Universitario "Virgen de La Arrixaca", Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB), El Palmar, 30120, Murcia, Spain. pineromadrona@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-8318
G Ruiz-MerinoDepartment of Statistics, Hospital Clínico Universitario "Virgen de La Arrixaca", Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB), Murcia, Spain.
P Cerezuela FuentesDepartment of Oncology, Hospital Clínico Universitario "Virgen de La Arrixaca", Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB), Murcia, Spain.
E Martínez-BarbaDepartment of Pathology, Hospital Clínico Universitario "Virgen de La Arrixaca", Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB), Murcia, Spain.
J N Rodríguez-LópezDepartment of Molecular Research, Hospital Clínico Universitario "Virgen de La Arrixaca", Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB), Murcia, Spain.
J Cabezas-HerreraDepartment of Molecular Research, Hospital Clínico Universitario "Virgen de La Arrixaca", Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (IMIB), Murcia, Spain.
Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria · ES

Funding

MINECO SAF2016-77241-R
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecently, the quantification of mitoses in cutaneous melanoma has been discharged from the main prognostic variables of the TNM classification.

objectiveTo investigate the prognostic value of the presence of mitoses in primary cutaneous melanoma and to establish the number of mitoses per mm

methodsA retrospective observational study was performed on 141 patients treated for cutaneous melanoma, who were assessed by the same pathologist, and who had a minimum follow-up of 2 years. Clinical, epidemiological, histopathological and follow-up variables were gathered and compared with the number of mitoses to distinguish the significance of differences by means of univariate, multivariate, and survival analyses.

resultsThe cut-off level related to a better sensitivity and specificity was 1.50 mitoses per mm

conclusionsA mitotic rate of two or more mitoses per mm

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Mitotic IndexAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnalysis of VarianceChildCutaneous Malignant MelanomaDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansMaleMelanomaMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPrognosisCutaneous melanomaCut-offMitosisPrognostic

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PMID30783917
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