Skin cancer has become the most common neoplasm in the United States. With early
diagnosis and appropriate management, most skin cancers have an overall 5-year survival …

Sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs), being the first nodes to receive lymph from a primary tumour
and the preferential site of initial tumour metastases, are intensively exposed to the bioactive …

Background We evaluated the contribution of sentinel-node biopsy to outcomes in patients
with newly diagnosed melanoma. Methods Patients with a primary cutaneous melanoma …

As only about 20% of sentinel node (SN) positive melanoma patients have additional non-
SN lymph node involvement in the Completion Lymph Node Dissection (CLND) specimen …

Since the introduction of sentinel node biopsy in 1990 as a minimally invasive surgical
technique for the diagnosis of melanoma lymphatic metastases, the number of applications …

BACKGROUND: Aim of the study was to assess the short-term and long-term morbidity after
inguinal sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) with or without completion groin dissection …

The majority of patients with vulvar cancer have squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). The
cornerstone of the treatment is surgery. Radical vulvectomy with “en bloc” inguinofemoral …

Hypothesis Lymph node evaluation is an important prognostic factor in colorectal cancer
(CRC). A 25% recurrence rate in patients with node-negative CRC suggests that current …

OBJECTIVE.: The significance of negative sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) is important in the
staging and treatment of melanoma and a few other cancers, but is controversial in uterine …

Hypothesis Intraoperative lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy (LM/SL) has
become an increasingly popular surgical technique for staging the regional lymph nodes in …