Prognostic significance of sentinel lymph node mapping in Merkel cell carcinoma: systematic review and meta-analysis of prognostic studies.

Ramin SadeghiZohreh AdinehpoorMasoud MalekiBabak FallahiLuca GiovanellaGiorgio Treglia

Published in: BioMed research international (2014)

SLN mapping can provide strong prognostic information regarding OS and DFS in cN0 MCC patients. More importantly, SLN mapping can improve DFS and possibly OS in cN0 MCC patients as compared to nodal observation. As MCC is a rare tumor, large multicenter prospective studies are still needed to validate the survival benefit of SLN mapping.

Keyphrases

sentinel lymph node
end stage renal disease
high resolution
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
lymph node
peritoneal dialysis
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
high density
early stage
clinical trial
radiation therapy
health information
rectal cancer
locally advanced
double blind