Comparison between18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Regional Lymph Nodal Staging in Patients with Melanoma: A Review of the Literature | Zendy

Paoletta Mirk | Zendy; Giorgio Treglia | Zendy; Marco Salsano | Zendy; Pietro Basile | Zendy; Alessandro Giordano | Zendy; Lorenzo Bonomo | Zendy

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Comparison between18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Regional Lymph Nodal Staging in Patients with Melanoma: A Review of the Literature

Author(s) -

Paoletta Mirk,

Giorgio Treglia,

Marco Salsano,

Pietro Basile,

Alessandro Giordano,

Lorenzo Bonomo

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

radiology research and practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125

H-Index - 5

eISSN - 2090-1941

pISSN - 2090-195X

DOI - 10.1155/2011/912504

Subject(s) - medicine , sentinel lymph node , melanoma , positron emission tomography , biopsy , radiology , fluorodeoxyglucose , lymph , lymph node , nuclear medicine , lymph node biopsy , nodal , pathology , cancer , cancer research , breast cancer

Aim . to compare 18 F-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) to sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for regional lymph nodal staging in patients with melanoma. Methods . We performed a literature review discussing original articles which compared FDG-PET to SLNB for regional lymph nodal staging in patients with melanoma. Results and Conclusions . There is consensus in the literature that FDG-PET cannot replace SLNB for regional lymph nodal staging in patients with melanoma.

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