Desmoplastic melanoma: The role of pure and mixed subtype in sentinel lymph node biopsy and survival.
Annelien E LaeijendeckerMary-Ann El SharouniVigfús SigurdssonPaul J van DiestPublished in: Cancer medicine (2019)
MDM is significantly associated with a positive SLNB status. Mixed subtype is significantly correlated with RFS, but not with OS. The distinction between pure and mixed desmoplastic subtype therefore seems to be of clinical importance.