Smoking Status and Survival in Patients With Early-Stage Primary Cutaneous Melanoma.

One study 10 identified smoking as an independent prognostic factor, but this did not reach statistical significance ( P = .07), and it was concluded that “smoking need not be considered as an independent stratification criterion.” Recently, Gibson et al 4 evaluated over 7000 patients and demonstrated a decreased overall survival but not a decreased MSS in smokers compared with nonsmokers.

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