Mucosal Melanoma of the Head and Neck: A 45-Year Experience of a Tertiary Cancer Center.

Cancers (Basel) · 2026 · PMC13115475 · PMID 42073627

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closest p · 1.2× alpha

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boldest claim

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close to significancep = 0.058so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

absent (HR 2.23, 95% CI 1.16–4.28; p = 0.016), and male sex was close to significance with worse DFS vs. female (HR 1.57, 95% CI 0.98–2.49; p = 0.058).

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showed a trendno p-value reported

Male sex showed a trend toward poorer OS and DFS.

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