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ReviewClinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico2022

Follow-up of primary melanoma patients with high risk of recurrence: recommendations based on evidence and consensus.

Begoña Campos-Balea, Ovidio Fernández-Calvo, Roberto García-Figueiras, Carlos Neira, Carmen Peña-Penabad, Carmela Rodríguez-López, Rocío Vílchez-Simo, María Quindós-Varela

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Review in Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. SEOM-GEM clinical guidelines for cutaneous melanoma (2023).Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2024
    Guideline
  2. Delayed diagnosis of metastatic melanoma reoccurrence: Case report.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2026
    Article
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Begoña Campos-BaleaMedical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti de Lugo, C/Ulises Romero nº1. 27003, Lugo, Spain. bcamposbalea@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8927-9129
Ovidio Fernández-CalvoMedical Oncology Department, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Ourense, Spain.
Roberto García-FigueirasServicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Imagen Oncológica, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain.
Carlos NeiraServicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti de Lugo, Lugo, Spain.
Carmen Peña-PenabadDermatology Department, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain.
Carmela Rodríguez-LópezMedical Oncology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain.
Rocío Vílchez-SimoMedical Oncology Department, Hospital Arquitecto Marcide de Ferrol, A Coruña, Spain.
María Quindós-VarelaMedical Oncology Department, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain.
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago · ESComplexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña · ESHospital Universitario Lucus Augusti · ESComplejo Hospitalario de Ourense · ESComplejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ferrol · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In spite of the good prognosis of patients with early-stage melanoma, there is a substantial proportion of them that develop local or distant relapses. With the introduction of targeted and immune therapies for advanced melanoma, including at the adjuvant setting, early detection of recurrent melanoma and/or second primary lesions is crucial to improve clinical outcomes. However, there is a lack of universal guidelines regarding both frequency of surveillance visits and diagnostic imaging and/or laboratory evaluations. In this article, a multidisciplinary expert panel recommends, after careful review of relevant data in the field, a consensus- and experience-based follow-up strategy for melanoma patients, taking into account prognostic factors and biomarkers and the high-risk periods and patterns of recurrence in each (sub) stage of the disease. Apart from the surveillance intensity, healthcare professionals should focus on patients' education to perform regular self-examinations of the skin and palpation of lymph nodes.

Indexed as

MelanomaSkin NeoplasmsFollow-Up StudiesHumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalFollow-upImagingMelanomaPrognostic factorsRisk of recurrenceSurveillance

Identifiers

PMID35349041
OpenAlexW4220999293

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