Background: Since the introduction of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), its use as a standard of care for patients with clinically node-negative cutaneous melanoma remains controversial.

sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is an accurate method to stage the nodal basin. Interim outcomes data from MSLT-I showed no differences in 5-year melanoma-specific overall survival between the ...

If you have a diagnosis, your doctor may need to find out if cancer cells have spread, though they won’t do this for melanoma in situ. The first step is to perform a sentinel node biopsy.

1 Department of Soft Tissue/Bone Sarcoma and Melanoma, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute-Oncology Centre ... and rhabdomyosarcoma after a previous positive sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) result.

Jimmy Carter's victory in the Florida primary in 1976 helped propel him to the presidency. The results also showed Florida was part of the New South, turning a page on overt official and ...

When there isn't evidence of lymph node involvement on exam or ultrasound, a sentinel lymph node biopsy is done. In this procedure, blue dye is injected into the breast and allowed to travel so that ...

Cancers of the mouth and oropharynx can spread to lymph nodes in your neck. Your surgeon might remove some or all of the lymph nodes in your neck. Lymph nodes are small bean shaped glands found ...

Both carcinoma and melanoma are types of cancer. Carcinoma forms in the epithelial tissues, while melanoma develops in melanocytes and is generally considered a more aggressive type. Skin cancer ...

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