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ArticleClinical & experimental metastasis2018

Detection of melanoma metastases with the sentinel node biopsy: the legacy of Donald L. Morton, MD (1934-2014).

Charles M Balch

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Article in Clinical & experimental metastasis, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06169072 (Sentinel Lymph Node Localisation With an Ultra-low Dose of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Patients With Breast Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 50% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06169072 phase2recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Sentinel Lymph Node Localisation With an Ultra-low Dose of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Patients With Breast Cancer

TypeinterventionalSponsorVastra Gotaland RegionRan2023 to 2027Enrolled220ConditionsBreast Cancer, Sentinel Lymph NodeArmsSuperparamagnetic Iron Oxide, Technetium99
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Revealing the concealed: A tribute to Donald L. Morton, MD.Clinical & experimental metastasis · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Charles M BalchUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. cmbalch@mdanderson.org.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dr. Donald L. Morton was clearly the pioneer of the sentinel node biopsy, which was a major advance in oncology that has improved the management of cancer patients worldwide. He conducted a series of practice-changing clinical trials to validate the important staging role of the sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma, and also spawned other studies that demonstrated its staging value in multiple other cancer types, most notably in breast cancer, gastric cancer, and colorectal cancer. His many contributions in this field have provided a unique opportunity to study host/tumor relationships, since the sentinel lymph node is the first location were the host immune defenses are confronted with metastasis arising from the primary cancer.

Indexed as

History, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansLymphatic MetastasisMelanomaSentinel Lymph NodeSentinel Lymph Node BiopsyClinical trialsDetectionMelanomaSentinel node biopsyStaging

Identifiers

PMID29855858
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