Although the small amount of available data, sentinel lymph node procedure is feasible and capable of identifying patients who have occult lymph node metastases. However, the potential role of the sentinel lymph node procedure as an alternative method of lymph node staging in patients with vulvar or vaginal melanoma needs further investigation.
Keyphrases
- sentinel lymph node
- lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- end stage renal disease
- early stage
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- minimally invasive
- prognostic factors
- high resolution
- peritoneal dialysis
- electronic health record
- squamous cell carcinoma
- big data
- machine learning
- skin cancer
- deep learning
- radiation therapy
- artificial intelligence
- rectal cancer