Open AccessSentinel lymph node status affects long-term survival in patients with intermediate-thickness melanoma
Author(s) -
Kaptan Gülben,
Uğur Berberoğlu,
Hüseyin Altınyollar,
Volkan Kınaş,
Sevim Turanlı
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.186694
Subject(s) - medicine , sentinel lymph node , hazard ratio , breslow thickness , biopsy , melanoma , lymph node , lymph , surgery , sentinel node , multivariate analysis , proportional hazards model , gastroenterology , cancer , pathology , confidence interval , breast cancer , cancer research
The aim of this study was to examine the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) on long-term disease outcome in patients with intermediate-thickness primary cutaneous melanomas.