Correlation of Tumor Burden in Sentinel Lymph Nodes with Tumor Burden in Nonsentinel Lymph Nodes and Survival in Cutaneous Melanoma.
Kenjiro NamikawaPhyu P AungDenái R MiltonMichael T TetzlaffCarlos A Torres-CabalaJonathan L CurryPriyardhisini NagarajanDoina IvanMerrick RossJeffrey E GershenwaldVictor G PrietoPublished in: Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (2019)
In patients with cutaneous melanoma who undergo CLND, SLN tumor burden predicts non-SLN tumor burden. SLN tumor burden parameters provide accurate prognostic stratification independent of non-SLN status and should be considered for incorporation into future staging systems and integrated risk models.