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Sentinel lymph node biopsy: Beyond melanoma and breast carcinoma
Author(s) -
McMasters Kelly M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.11343
Subject(s) - medicine , sentinel lymph node , biopsy , melanoma , breast cancer , breast carcinoma , carcinoma , occult , sentinel node , lymph node , stage (stratigraphy) , mammary gland , cancer , general surgery , radiology , pathology , alternative medicine , paleontology , cancer research , biology
In this issue of Cancer , two groups of investigators present their initial experience with sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in the staging of sweat gland carcinomas. The reports suggest that it is possible to identify clinically occult lymph node metastases from sweat gland carcinoma using SLN biopsy similar to the way that surgeons around the world now routinely stage the regional lymph nodes in patients with melanoma and breast carcinoma. These two articles raise the question of when does it make sense to apply SLN biopsy to cases beyond melanoma and breast carcinoma? See also pages 2279–84 and 2285–9.