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01-12-2011 | Erratum
Erratum to: Incomplete Sentinel Node Biopsy Is Not Clearly Related to Survival or Regional Recurrence in Cutaneous Melanoma Patients
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Special Issue 3/2011
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In the original publication of this article, Table 3 included errors in the SNB Completeness Factor section. The table is reprint here in its entirety correctly.
Table 3
Results of univariate survival analysis of categorical variables
|
Factor
|
Values
|
Melanoma specific
|
Disease-free
|
Regional recurrence-free
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
N
|
5-year survival
|
N
|
5-year survival
|
N
|
5-year survival
|
||
|
Patient sex
|
P-value
|
|
<0.001
|
|
0.051
|
|
0.009
|
|
Female
|
780
|
92.7%
|
781
|
–
|
781
|
94.5%
|
|
|
Male
|
1119
|
84.2%
|
1123
|
–
|
1123
|
90.3%
|
|
|
Thickness
|
P-value
|
|
<0.001
|
|
<0.001
|
|
<0.001
|
|
0–1 mm
|
260
|
97.7%
|
260
|
95.4%
|
260
|
98.2%
|
|
|
1.01–2 mm
|
854
|
93.2%
|
858
|
85.5%
|
858
|
94.3%
|
|
|
2.01–4 mm
|
542
|
81.8%
|
543
|
72.0%
|
543
|
89.6%
|
|
|
>4 mm
|
223
|
71.8%
|
223
|
63.2%
|
223
|
83.2%
|
|
|
Ulceration
|
P-value
|
|
<0.001
|
|
<0.001
|
|
<0.001
|
|
Absent
|
1462
|
91.0%
|
1466
|
83.7%
|
1466
|
93.7%
|
|
|
Present
|
415
|
76.2%
|
416
|
67.2%
|
416
|
86.4%
|
|
|
Mitoses
|
P-value
|
|
0.038
|
|
<0.001
|
|
0.036
|
|
Absent
|
335
|
94.4%
|
335
|
90.2%
|
335
|
96.2%
|
|
|
Present
|
1542
|
86.4%
|
1547
|
78.1%
|
1547
|
91.3%
|
|
|
Sentinel node field
|
P-value
|
|
0.053
|
|
0.009
|
|
0.039
|
|
Axilla (blue)
|
836
|
–
|
838
|
83.2%
|
838
|
93.7%
|
|
|
Groin (green)
|
538
|
–
|
539
|
78.1%
|
539
|
89.5%
|
|
|
Neck (tan)
|
324
|
–
|
325
|
75.1%
|
325
|
91.9%
|
|
|
Other (purple)
|
201
|
–
|
202
|
80.0%
|
202
|
93.0%
|
|
|
SNB completeness
|
P-value
|
|
0.056
|
|
0.007
|
|
0.144
|
|
Complete
|
1517
|
–
|
1521
|
81.2%
|
1521
|
–
|
|
|
Incomplete
|
382
|
–
|
383
|
75.1%
|
383
|
–
|
|