Delayed Surgery Possible With Surveillance in Patients With Sentinel Lymph Node Positive Melanoma
Source: curetoday, April 2021
Ultrasound monitoring may be an alternative to surgical removal of remaining lymph nodes in patients with sentinel lymph node positive cutaneous melanoma, according to data published in Cancer.
For patients with melanoma whose disease has spread to the lymph nodes, there is an alternative to surgery: monitoring with ultrasound. Although patients can have cancer spread in the lymph nodes with this strategy, it can typically be removed with delayed surgery.