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Increase of sentinel lymph node melanoma staging in The Netherlands; still room and need for further improvement.

Eric A DeckersMarieke Wj LouwmanSchelto KruijffHarald J Hoekstra
Published in: Melanoma management (2020)
SLNB staging increased by 25% during the study period but lagged among elderly patients and those with head-and-neck melanoma. In The Netherlands, SES no longer affects SLNB staging performance.
Keyphrases
  • lymph node
  • sentinel lymph node
  • pet ct
  • neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  • early stage
  • skin cancer
  • squamous cell carcinoma