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ArticleActa dermato-venereologica2024

Management of Melanoma in Elderly Patients over 80 Years.

Héloïse Jourdain, Justine Lavaud, Clémentine Descours, Emilie Auditeau, Philippe Bernard

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Article in Acta dermato-venereologica, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Cutaneous Melanoma in the Context of Aging.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Héloïse JourdainDermatology Department, Dupuytren 2 University Hospital, Limoges, France. jourdainheloise7@gmail.com.
Justine LavaudDermatology Department, Dupuytren 2 University Hospital, Limoges, France.
Clémentine DescoursDermatology Department, Dupuytren 2 University Hospital, Limoges, France.
Emilie AuditeauDepartment of Epidemiology, Dupuytren University Hospital, Limoges, France.
Philippe BernardDermatology Department, Dupuytren 2 University Hospital, Limoges, France.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melanoma is a malignant tumour with a poorer prognosis in stage III and IV patients. Development of effective therapies for the treatment of advanced melanoma has led to an improvement in survival. Furthermore, the French population is ageing, and treatment of melanoma in this population has several specific limitations. This descriptive, retrospective, single-centre study collected data on the diagnostic and therapeutic management of patients with melanoma of Breslow ≥ 1 mm or of unknown primary and metastatic spread, at Limoges University Hospital, between 2018 and 2022, and compared the results obtained between 2 groups: under 80 and over 80 years of age; 344 patients were included. The extension work-up was more frequently complete and the sentinel lymph node technique more frequently performed in patients under 80. Wide excision was more frequently in accordance with guidelines in patients over 80. Adjuvant or first-line metastatic treat-ment was more frequently instituted in patients under 80, but no difference was found as regards the second and third lines, the frequency of adverse events, and the reason for stopping treatment. Our study supports similar management of elderly and young subjects, given the safety profile and efficacy of treatments.

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MelanomaSkin NeoplasmsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsChemotherapy, AdjuvantDermatologic Surgical ProceduresFemaleFranceHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingRetrospective StudiesSentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

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PMID39539003
PMCPMC11577623

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