Optimal treatment for clinically localized melanoma requires surgical control of the primary site and accurate staging of the regional nodal basin with sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB).

sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is an accurate method to stage the nodal basin. Interim outcomes data from MSLT-I showed no differences in 5-year melanoma-specific overall survival between the ...

Your doctor will usually recommend a test to see if there are cancer cells in the lymph nodes near the melanoma. This is called a sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB). Your doctor removes the first lymph ...

Increased size of one or more lymph nodes. Most are in the neck. Also, includes swollen lymph nodes in the armpit or groin It's larger than the same node on the other side of the body Normal nodes are ...

It means the cancer cells are contained in the top layer of skin and have not spread. Stage 1 means the melanoma is only in the skin. There is no sign that it has spread to lymph nodes or other parts ...

Relationship in gene amplification between ERBB2 and other oncogenes: Implications for the therapeutic efficacy of trastuzumab (Tmab)-based chemotherapy (CTx) in HER2 positive gastric cancer. This is ...

Sixth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine & School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, P. R. China Hunan Institute of Advanced Sensing and Information ...

Doctors may do breast examinations, take a biopsy (sample of breast tissue), or may recommend genetic testing ... Seek medical attention if you feel or notice a lump in your breast or if you have any ...

In November 2024, data from the Castle Biosciences DECIDE study showed that using the DecisionDx-Melanoma test resulted in a 25% reduction in unnecessary sentinel lymph node biopsy in cancer patients.