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Is Pregnancy-Associated Melanoma Associated With Adverse Outcomes?, Maris S Jones, Jihey Lee, Stacey L Stern, Mark Faries
Is Pregnancy-Associated Melanoma Associated With Adverse Outcomes?, Maris S Jones, Jihey Lee, Stacey L Stern, Mark Faries
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BACKGROUND: Melanoma is the most common malignancy encountered during pregnancy. Conflicting data have led to ongoing confusion regarding pregnancy-associated melanoma (PAM) in the media and among the public. The objective of this study was to better characterize both the clinical presentation of PAM and its prognostic implications.
STUDY DESIGN: Female patients of reproductive age, with stage 0 to IV cutaneous melanoma, were identified from our prospectively maintained database. Clinical and histopathologic factors were analyzed with appropriate statistical methods. Univariable and then multivariable analysis were used on matched data to compare disease-free survival (DFS), overall survival (OS), and melanoma-specific survival (MSS) …