Melanoma Patients with Positive Sentinel Nodes Who Did Not Undergo Completion Lymphadenectomy: A Multi-Institutional Study
- Sabel, Michael S.
- Gershenwald, Jeffrey E.
- Gutman, Haim
- Reintgen, Douglas S.
- Leong, Stanley P. L.
- Morton, Donald L.
- Wong, Sandra L.
- Thompson, John F.
- Carlson, Grant W.
- McMasters, Kelly M.
- Tyler, Douglas S.
- Goydos, James S.
- Eggermont, Alexander M. M.
- Nieweg, Omgo E.
- Cosimi, A. Benedict
- Riker, Adam I.
- Coit, Daniel G.
Publication date
April 2006
DOI Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC ISSN
1068-9265 Journal
Annals of Surgical OncologyAbstract
Completion lymph node dissection (CLND) is considered the standard of care in melanoma patients found to have sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastasis. However, the therapeutic utility of CLND is not known. The natural history of patients with positive SLNs who do not undergo CLND is undefined. This multi-institutional study was undertaken to characterize patterns of failure and survival rates in these patients and to compare results with those of positive-SLN patients who underwent CLND.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/45875/1/10434_2006_Article_10237.pd
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