Benefits of initial CT staging before sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with head and neck cutaneous melanoma.
Anna HafströmMaria SilfverschiöldSimon S PerssonMichelle KanneChristian IngvarPeter WahlbergAnton RomellLennart GreiffPublished in: Head & neck (2017)
CT imaging when staging patients with head and neck melanoma seems to identify more metastases than has been reported for melanoma at other sites. Preoperative CTs decreased the number of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNBs), thus avoiding the stress and cost of this surgical procedure in 12% of patients.
Keyphrases
- sentinel lymph node
- lymph node
- early stage
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- end stage renal disease
- computed tomography
- image quality
- ejection fraction
- ultrasound guided
- skin cancer
- contrast enhanced
- chronic kidney disease
- high resolution
- newly diagnosed
- fine needle aspiration
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- patients undergoing
- patient reported outcomes
- patient reported