2010-04-12
The value of preoperative ultrasound (after lymphoscintigraphy) in conjunction with pre-sentinel lymph node biopsy fine-needle aspiration outweighs the usage of ultrasound alone in conjunction with lymphoscintigraphy: The need for an algorithm
Publication
Publication
Melanoma Research: a journal for basic, translational and clinical research in melanoma , Volume 20 - Issue 4 p. 357- 359
With great interest we read the article by Lam et al. from the Sydney Melanoma Unit on the multimodality approach to the sentinel node (SN).
This study is the first to describe in a detailed manner that in melanoma the obstruction of lymphatic drainage by the tumor can also lead to a false-negative SN biopsy, which might have easily been avoided, if an ultrasound (US) was performed preoperatively. [...]
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| doi.org/10.1097/CMR.0b013e32833adf13, hdl.handle.net/1765/20192 | |
| Melanoma Research: a journal for basic, translational and clinical research in melanoma | |
| Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
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Voit, C., van Akkooi, A., Schäfer-Hesterberg, G., Sterry, W., & Eggermont, A. (2010). The value of preoperative ultrasound (after lymphoscintigraphy) in conjunction with pre-sentinel lymph node biopsy fine-needle aspiration outweighs the usage of ultrasound alone in conjunction with lymphoscintigraphy: The need for an algorithm. Melanoma Research: a journal for basic, translational and clinical research in melanoma, 20(4), 357–359. doi:10.1097/CMR.0b013e32833adf13 |
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