Diagnostic Study to Predict the Risk of Developing Metastatic Cancer in Patients With Stage I or Stage II Melanoma
Melanoma (Skin)
About this trial
This is an interventional diagnostic trial for Melanoma (Skin) focused on measuring stage I melanoma, stage II melanoma
Eligibility Criteria
Histologically documented primary AJCC stage I or II melanoma. Evidence of ulceration, vertical growth phase, regression, lymphocytic infiltration, vascular invasion, microscopic satellitosis, and mitotic rate shall be noted. Patients planning to undergo a sentinel lymph node biopsy, or an elective lymph node dissection of an anatomic draining region from the index primary melanoma. ≥18 years of age Patients must be registered prior to planned surgery. The surgery must be performed within 45 days following registration. No concurrent active malignancy other than carcinoma in situ of the cervix and basal cell carcinoma of the skin, or history of any other primary malignancy including previously primary melanoma. Tissue blocks: one of primary tumor tissue taken from region of greatest Breslow thickness. Note: If blocks cannot be sent due to institutional policy, slides may be substituted for the locks per the protocol.
Sites / Locations
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- Iowa Blood and Cancer Care
- St. Luke's Hospital
- Mercy Regional Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center at Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Commonwealth Hematology-Oncology P.C. - Worcester
- Fairview University Medical Center - University Campus
- Ellis Fischel Cancer Center at University of Missouri - Columbia
- Capital Region Cancer Center
- Kingsbury Center for Cancer Care at Cheshire Medical Center
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Charles R. Wood Cancer Center at Glens Falls Hospital
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- CCOP - Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York
- Community General Hospital of Greater Syracuse
- Wayne Memorial Hospital, Incorporated
- Wayne Radiation Oncology
- Wilson Medical Center
- Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Rhode Island Hospital
- Miriam Hospital at Lifespan
- Roper St. Francis Cancer Center at Roper Hospital
- Mountainview Medical
- Fletcher Allen Health Care - University Health Center Campus
- Danville Regional Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Group 1
Melastatin mRNA expression is determined by in situ hybridization using tissue from primary tumor and lymph nodes. Tissue is also examined by immunohistochemical staining using antibodies to S-100 and MART-1. Patients do not receive the results of these tests nor do the results influence individual therapy. Patients are followed every 4 months for 3.5 years.