The incidence of invasive melanoma is rising, and approval for the first immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) to treat metastatic melanoma occurred in 2011.
Scientific Publications
High Risk Melanoma Patients Can Benefit from Routine Screening and Education
Patients at high risk of melanoma who undergo routine skin cancer screening and education are more likely to be diagnosed with earlier stage melanomas, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
Preoperative ultrasound assessment of regional lymph nodes in melanoma patients does not provide reliable nodal staging: Results from a large multicenter trial
This study was undertaken to determine if preoperative ultrasound (US) assessment of regional lymph nodes in patients who present with primary cutaneous melanoma provides accurate staging.
The worse survival outcomes reported for melanoma patients having sentinel node biopsy after lymphoscintigraphy the previous day do not appear to be due to overnight migration of Tc99m-nanocolloid tracer
Patients having sentinel node (SN) biopsy for melanoma the day after lymphoscintigraphy using Tc99m-nanocolloid are reported to have worse survival outcome than that of patients having lymphoscintigraphy and SN biopsy on the same day.