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Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients With Thin Primary Cutaneous Melanoma
Prognostic Significance of SLN Positivity in Low-Risk Melanoma
R Murali, LE Haydu, MJ Quinn, RA Scolyer, et al
20110904
2011 Oct 4
Ann Surg
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients With Thin Primary Cutaneous Melanoma
Ann Surg. 2011 Oct 4;[Epub Ahead of Print], R Murali, LE Haydu, MJ Quinn, RA Scolyer, et al
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Objectives: To determine the rate and clinicopathologic factors predictive of sentinel lymph node (SLN) positivity, regional lymph node recurrence, and survival in a large series of patients with thin primary cutaneous melanoma who underwent SLN biopsy (SLNB).Methods: Patients with thin (≤1 mm) melanomas who underwent SLNB between 1992 and 2009 at Melanoma Institute Australia were identified from the Melanoma Institute Australia database. The association of clinicopathologic features with SLN status,...
