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Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma: A Short Update
Several controversies are still ongoing about sentinel node biopsy in melanoma. It is basically a staging procedure for melanoma > 0.75 mm in thickness or for thinner melanoma in the presence of ulceration, high mitotic rate, and/or lymphovascular invasion. Complete lymph node dissection after a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5920957/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29719827 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000484892 |
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author | Ferrara, Gerardo Partenzi, Antonietta Filosa, Alessandra |
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description | Several controversies are still ongoing about sentinel node biopsy in melanoma. It is basically a staging procedure for melanoma > 0.75 mm in thickness or for thinner melanoma in the presence of ulceration, high mitotic rate, and/or lymphovascular invasion. Complete lymph node dissection after a positive sentinel node can also allow a better locoregional disease control but seems not to prevent the development of distant metastases. The use of sentinel node biopsy in atypical Spitz tumors should be discouraged because of their peculiar biological properties. |
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spelling | pubmed-59209572018-05-01 Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma: A Short Update Ferrara, Gerardo Partenzi, Antonietta Filosa, Alessandra Dermatopathology (Basel) Review Several controversies are still ongoing about sentinel node biopsy in melanoma. It is basically a staging procedure for melanoma > 0.75 mm in thickness or for thinner melanoma in the presence of ulceration, high mitotic rate, and/or lymphovascular invasion. Complete lymph node dissection after a positive sentinel node can also allow a better locoregional disease control but seems not to prevent the development of distant metastases. The use of sentinel node biopsy in atypical Spitz tumors should be discouraged because of their peculiar biological properties. S. Karger AG 2018-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5920957/ /pubmed/29719827 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000484892 Text en Copyright © 2018 by S. Karger AG, Basel |
spellingShingle | Review Ferrara, Gerardo Partenzi, Antonietta Filosa, Alessandra Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma: A Short Update |
title | Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma: A Short Update |
title_full | Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma: A Short Update |
title_fullStr | Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma: A Short Update |
title_full_unstemmed | Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma: A Short Update |
title_short | Sentinel Node Biopsy in Melanoma: A Short Update |
title_sort | sentinel node biopsy in melanoma: a short update |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5920957/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29719827 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000484892 |
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