The Role of Sentinel Node Biopsy in the Era of Adjuvant Therapy for Melanoma

• Main Authors: Gabriella Brancaccio (Author), Giulia Briatico (Author), Camila Scharf (Author), Giuseppe Colella (Author), Giovanni Docimo (Author), Ludovico Docimo (Author), Mario Faenza (Author), Francesco Iovino (Author), Salvatore Tolone (Author), Stefania Napolitano (Author), Teresa Troiani (Author), Andrea Ronchi (Author), Renato Franco (Author), Giuseppe Argenziano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Mattioli1885, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is a surgical procedure aimed to detect nodal metastases in patients with clinically occult disease. Since the advent of new systemic therapies, its role in melanoma has been extensively debated over the last years. In this article, three possible scenarios are disc...