Complete lymphadenectomy following positive sentinel lymph node biopsy in cutaneous melanoma: a critical review

• Main Authors: Daniel Eiger (Author), Daniel Arcuschin de Oliveira (Author), Renato Leão de Oliveira (Author), Murilo Costa Sousa (Author), Mireille Darc Cavalcante Brandão (Author), ,Renato Santos de Oliveira Filho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: Cutaneous melanoma is the solid neoplasia with the highest growing incidence among all tumors. It spreads predictably to the lymphatic vessels and sentinel lymph node, and when the latter is affected the prognosis worsens dramatically. Sentinel lymph node biopsy is considered when thicknes...