A retrospective study of sentinel lymph node biopsy for skin cancer in Japan: Comparison with breast cancer and evaluation of factors related to its use.

Shogo WadaTomone WatanabeTaisuke IshiiYuichi IchinoseRyoko RikitakeDai Ogata Eiji Nakano Kenjiro Namikawa Naoya Yamazaki Takahiro Higashi

Published in: Cancer medicine (2023)

SLNB is underutilized for skin cancer. Further investigation is required to explore the reasons for its underutilization so that it may be implemented more universally.

Keyphrases

skin cancer
sentinel lymph node
early stage
lymph node
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
ultrasound guided
radiation therapy
locally advanced
clinical evaluation