Sentinel Node Mapping for Malignant Melanoma
- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Tumori Journal
- Vol. 86 (4) , 354-355
- https://doi.org/10.1177/030089160008600429
Abstract
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.Keywords
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