The accurate diagnosis of a sentinel node in melanoma includes a sequence of procedures
from different medical specialities (nuclear medicine, surgery, oncology, and pathology). The …

Adequate surgical management of primary melanoma and regional lymph node metastasis,
and rarely distant metastasis, is the only established curative treatment. Surgical …

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate, in an international multicenter phase
III trial, the accuracy, use, and morbidity of intraoperative lymphatic mapping and sentinel …

Sentinel lymph node (SLN) excision is included in various cancer guidelines to identify
microscopic metastatic disease. Although effective, SLN excision is an invasive procedure …

This first German evidence-based guideline for cutaneous melanoma was developed under
the auspices of the German Dermatological Society (DDG) and the Dermatologic …

Summary Background Data: The more intensive sentinel node (SN) pathologic workup, the
higher the SN-positivity rate. This is characterized by an increased detection of cases with …

As only about 20% of sentinel node (SN) positive melanoma patients have additional non-
SN lymph node involvement in the Completion Lymph Node Dissection (CLND) specimen …

Purpose Prognosis in patients with sentinel node (SN)–positive melanoma correlates with
several characteristics of the metastases in the SN such as size and site. These factors …

Purpose Sentinel node biopsy is now widely accepted as the most accurate prognostic
indicator in melanoma, and is important in guiding management of patients with clinical …

Purpose Sentinel lymph node biopsy is an essential staging tool in patients with clinically
localized melanoma. The harvesting of a sentinel lymph node entails a sequence of …