Donald L Morton, Alistair J Cochran, John F Thompson, Robert Elashoff, Richard Essner, Edwin C Glass, Nicola Mozzillo, Omgo E Nieweg, Daniel F Roses, Harald J Hoekstra, Constantine P Karakousis, Douglas S Reintgen, Brendon J Coventry, He-jing Wang
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate, in an international multicenter phase III trial, the accuracy, use, and morbidity of intraoperative lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy (LM/SNB) for staging the regional nodal basin of patients with early-stage melanoma. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Since our introduction of LM/SNB in 1990, this technique has been widely adopted and has become part of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system...
September 2005: Annals of Surgery