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Ultrasound assessment of lymph nodes in the management of early‐stage melanoma
Author(s) -
Thompson John F.,
Haydu Lauren E.,
Sanki Amira,
Uren Roger F.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.21963
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , biopsy , sentinel node , sentinel lymph node , stage (stratigraphy) , ultrasound , radiology , lymph node , metastasis , lymph node metastasis , pathology , cancer , paleontology , cancer research , breast cancer , biology
Abstract It has been suggested that ultrasound examination of regional lymph nodes provides staging and prognostic information that is as accurate as sentinel node biopsy in patients who present with cutaneous melanoma. However, in most studies the sensitivity of ultrasound in detecting nodal metastasis has been low (23% in a recent large series). For the present, sentinel node biopsy remains the most accurate method of regional node staging in patients with newly diagnosed melanoma. J. Surg. Oncol. 2011; 104:354–360. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.