The role of imaging and sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with T3b-T4b melanoma with clinically negative disease

The role of imaging and sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with T3b-T4b melanoma with clinically negative disease

BackgroundPrevious studies demonstrate minimal utility of pre-operative imaging for low-risk melanoma; however, imaging may be more critical for patients with high-risk disease. Our study evaluates the impact of peri-operative cross-sectional imaging in patients with T3b-T4b melanoma.MethodsPatients...

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Main Authors: Marianna V. Papageorge, Renee M. Maina, Amber Loren O. King, Victor Lee, Raymond Baumann, Darko Pucar, Stephan Ariyan, Sajid A. Khan, Sarah A. Weiss, James Clune, Kelly Olino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
high-risk melanoma
cross-sectional imaging
surgical management
sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy
recurrence free survival
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2023.1143354/full

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