[Time periods of the occurrence of local recurrences and the late results of the treatment of skin melanomas following surgical excision of the primary tumor].

An analysis of the clinical data on 175 cases of local recurrence of malignant melanoma of the skin after surgery established the rate of incidence of these lesions in primary patients at 5.4 +/- 0.7%. In 41.7 +/- 3.7%, local lesions co-occurred with the development of regional, intransit and distant metastases. In 88.0 +/- 2.6%, local recurrences appeared within the first three years after excision of primary tumor. The rate of survival of such patients within five years after removal of recurrent tumor was 31.4 +/- 3.9% and 21.2 +/- 4.1%--after ten years.