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Table 1 Treatment of 57 patients and characteristics of lymph node metastasis

From: Prognostic factors for lymph node metastasis from advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the skin of the trunk and extremities

Treatment

Number

%

Surgery

  

   Wide local excision

1

1.8

   Graft or flap

21

38.6

   Amputation/desarticulation

24

42.1

Radiation therapy

11

19.3

Characteristics of lymph node metastasis

  

   Anatomic site

  

Right axilla

4

7.0

Left axilla

7

12.3

Right inguinal groin

4

7.0

Left inguinal groin

7

12.3

None

35

61.4

Time of presentation

  

Initial (N1)

11

19.6

Recurrence (N1f)

11

19.6

None

35

60.8