Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Sebaceous Cell Carcinoma and Melanoma of the Ocular Adnexa
Open Access
- 1 August 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
- Vol. 133 (8) , 820-826
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archotol.133.8.820
Abstract
The concept of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is based on the idea that there is an orderly and predictable pattern of lymphatic drainage from a tumor to regional lymph node basins and that the first lymph node or nodes along the drainage pathway (the SLN[s]) function as an effective filter for tumor cells.1 With the widespread use of SLN biopsy in the past decade, a large body of data is now available that supports sequential lymphatic dissemination and initial entrapment of tumor cells in first draining lymph nodes.2-4Keywords
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