Open AccessBiopsia selectiva del ganglio centinela en melanoma: experiencia durante 8 años en un hospital universitario
Author(s) -
Luis Bañuelos-Andrío,
Gil Rodríguez-Caravaca,
J.L. López-Estebaranz,
José Antonio Rueda-Orgaz,
Fernando Pinedo Moraleda
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cirugía y cirujanos
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2444-054X
pISSN - 0009-7411
DOI - 10.1016/j.circir.2015.05.032
Subject(s) - medicine , sentinel node , melanoma , sentinel lymph node , biopsy , humanities , cancer , breast cancer , cancer research , philosophy
Since the introduction of sentinel lymph node biopsy, its use as a standard of care for patients with clinically node-negative cutaneous melanoma remains controversial. Our experience of sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma is presented and evaluated.