Sentinel node mapping for malignant melanoma.

Autor: Landra M; First Department of General Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Croce, Cuneo, Italy. landra.m@scroce.sanitacn.it, Acchiardi F, Pugno F, Forte G, Granetto C, Camuzzini GF
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Tumori [Tumori] 2000 Jul-Aug; Vol. 86 (4), pp. 354-5.
DOI: 10.1177/030089160008600429
Abstrakt: Sixty-seven patients with malignant melanomas were seen in our institute since 1998. We looked for a sentinel node in 26 (38%) patients with lesions thicker than 1 mm, employing a double technique: staining with methylene blue and gamma probe mapping after injection of 99mTc. Forty-six nodes were retrieved, 25% of them containing tumor cells. This approach enabled us to choose between a wait-and-see policy and radical surgery.
Databáze: MEDLINE