Prognostic impact of tumour burden measured by quantitative real-time PCR from sentinel lymph nodes of melanoma patients: data from 10-year follow-up.
Thomas Kurt EigentlerJoachim HindererSeema NoorClaus GarbeUlrike LeiterPublished in: Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology (2016)
Quantitative analyses showed a logarithmic correlation between tumour burden and prognosis. However, as multivariate analyses reveal qRT-PCR was not superior compared to classical histology or immunohistology.