The role of sentinel node tumor burden in modeling the prognosis of melanoma patients with positive sentinel node biopsy: an Italian melanoma intergroup study (N = 2,086)
- Tropea, Saveria
- Del Fiore, Paolo
- Maurichi, Andrea
- Patuzzo, Roberto
- Santinami, Mario
- Ribero, Simone
- Quaglino, Pietro
- Caliendo, Virginia
- Borgognoni, Lorenzo
- Sestini, Serena
- Giudice, Giuseppe
- Nacchiero, Eleonora
- Caracò, Corrado
- Cordova, Adriana
- Solari, Nicola
- Piazzalunga, Dario
- Tauceri, Francesca
- Carcoforo, Paolo
- Lombardo, Maurizio
- Cavallari, Sara
- Mocellin, Simone
Publication date
January 2022
DOI Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLCAbstract
The management of melanoma patients with metastatic melanoma in the sentinel nodes (SN) is evolving based on the results of trials questioning the impact of completion lymph node dissection (CLND) and demonstrating the efficacy of new adjuvant treatments. In this landscape, new prognostic tools for fine risk stratification are eagerly sought to optimize the therapeutic path of these patients
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