Is previous pregnancy a favourable prognostic factor in women with localised cutaneous melanoma?
Pregnancy is not a risk factor for disease recurrence or progression in melanoma patients, but instead can exert some favourable influence on prognosis.
In patients with EHBDC who had undergone curative resection, a postoperative radiotherapy dose less than 50 Gy was suboptimal for OS and LRC. Higher radiation doses may be needed to obtain better LRC. Further investigation of novel therapy or palliative treatment should be considered for patients receiving R2 resection.