Background: There is controversy about the extent of groin dissection necessary (whether
superficial or radical) and about its utility when the deep nodes are affected. Methods: A total …

BACKGROUND The value of ultrasound B‐scan for routine follow‐up of melanoma patients
still is not generally accepted. Therefore, the authors compared the efficacy of physical …

Early versus delayed excision of lymph node metastases is still being assessed in malignant
melanoma. In the present retrospective, multicentre study, the outcome of 314 patients with …

Background 5-year survival for melanoma metastasis to regional lymph nodes (American
Joint Committee on Cancer stage III) is< 50%. Knowledge of outcomes following therapeutic …

Abstract The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) implemented major revisions of
the melanoma TNM and stage grouping criteria in the recently published 6th edition of the …

Communication between tumors and the stroma of tumor-draining lymph nodes (TDLN)
exists before metastasis arises, altering the structure and function of the TDLN niche …

Sentinel lymphadenectomy is gaining increasing popularity in the staging and treatment of
patients with melanoma at risk for metastases. As a result, pathologists are encountering …

PURPOSE To determine whether treatment with an autologous whole-cell vaccine modified
with the hapten dinitrophenyl (DNP vaccine) is an effective postsurgical adjuvant treatment …

Background The appropriate management of melanoma metastatic to inguinal lymph nodes
remains controversial. The aim of this study was to identify disease‐and treatment‐related …

Purpose: To evaluate the outcome and patterns of failure for patients with nodal metastases
from melanoma treated with combined-modality therapy. Methods and Materials: Between …