More sentinel lymph node biopsies for thin melanomas after transition to AJCC 8th edition do not increase positivity rate: A Danish population-based study of 7148 patients.
Marie B WeitemeyerNeel M HelvindAnne M BrinckLisbet R HölmichAnnette H ChakeraPublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2021)
More SLNBs were performed in T1 melanomas after transition to AJCC8 without an increase in +SLN rate. None of the AJCC8 T1b criteria were significant predictors of +SLN. We suggest that mitosis and younger age should be considered as indications for SLNB in thin melanoma.