Sentinel Node Biopsy for Early-Stage Melanoma

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Authors

Donald L. Morton · Saint John's Health Center

Alistair J. Cochran · Oncode Institute

John F. Thompson · Melanoma Institute Australia

Robert M. Elashoff · Saint John's Health Center

Richard Essner · Saint John's Health Center

Edwin C. Glass · Saint John's Health Center

Nicola Mozzillo

Abstract

LM/SNB is a safe, low-morbidity procedure for staging the regional nodal basin in early melanoma. Even after a 30-case learning phase and 25 additional LM/SNB cases, the accuracy of LM/SNB continues to increase with a center's experience. LM/SNB should become standard care for staging the regional lymph nodes of patients with primary cutaneous melanoma.

Topics & Keywords

Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies Breast Cancer Treatment Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Partnerships for the goals

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of Surgery

Volume 242, Issue 3, pp. 302-313

DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000181092.50141.fa

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