Prevention of an additional surgery for regional lymphadenectomy in melanoma: rapid intraoperative immunostaining of sentinel lymph node imprint smears

• Main Authors: Campbell Bruce H (Author), Walker Alonzo (Author), Neuberg Marcelle (Author), Komorowski Richard (Author), Shidham Vinod B (Author), Chang Chung-Che (Author), Dzwierzynski William W (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2006-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is performed at many institutions and is considered a standard of care in the management of cutaneous melanoma. The discriminatory immunostaining pattern with the 'MCW Melanoma Cocktail' (a...