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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

Non-Sentinel Lymph Node Detection during Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Not-Complete-Lymph-Node-Dissection Era: A New Technique for Better Staging and Treating Melanoma Patients.

Franco Picciotto, Gianluca Avallone, Federico Castellengo, Martina Merli, Virginia Caliendo, Rebecca Senetta, Adriana Lesca, Désirée Deandreis, Maria Teresa Fierro, Pietro Quaglino and 1 more

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Franco PicciottoSection of Surgical Dermatology, AOU Città Della Salute e Della Scienza, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Gianluca AvalloneDepartment of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7253-2370
Federico CastellengoDepartment of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Martina MerliDepartment of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7224-6507
Virginia CaliendoSection of Surgical Dermatology, AOU Città Della Salute e Della Scienza, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Rebecca SenettaPathology Unit, AOU Città Della Salute e Della Scienza di Torino, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Adriana LescaDivision of Nuclear Medicine, AOU Città Della Salute e Della Scienza, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Désirée DeandreisDivision of Nuclear Medicine, AOU Città Della Salute e Della Scienza, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Maria Teresa FierroDepartment of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Pietro QuaglinoDepartment of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Simone RiberoDepartment of Medical Sciences, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
University of Turin · ITAzienda Ospedaliera Citta' della Salute e della Scienza di Torino · IT

Funding

the Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin from Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca - MIUR) under the program "Dipartimenti di Eccellenza 2018 - 2022" D15D18000410001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sentinel lymph node biopsy has been demonstrated to be an effective staging procedure since its introduction in 1992. The new American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) classification did not consider the lack of information that would result from the less usage of the complete lymph node dissection as for a diagnostic purpose. Thus, this makes it difficult the correct staging and would leave about 20% of the further positive non-sentinel lymph nodes in the lymph node basin. In this paper, we aim to describe a new surgical technique that, combined with single-photon emission computed tomography-computed tomography (SPECT-CT), allows for better staging of melanoma patients. This is a prospective study that includes 104 patients with cutaneous melanoma. Sentinel lymph node biopsy was offered according to the AJCC guideline. Planar lymphoscintigraphy was performed in association with SPECT-CT, identifying and removing all non-biologically "excluded" lymph nodes, guiding the surgeon's hand in detection and removal of lymph nodes. Even if identification and removal of non-sentinel lymph nodes is unable to increase overall survival, it definitely gives better disease control in the basin. With a "classic" setting, the risk of leaving further lymph nodes out of the sentinel lymph node procedure is around 20%, thus, basically, the surgical sentinel lymph node of first and second lymph nodes would have therapeutic value and complete lymph node dissection classically performed.

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AJCC 8th classificationcomplete lymph node dissectionmelanomanon-sentinel lymph nodeplanar lymphoscintigraphysentinel lymph nodeSPECT-CT

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PMID34640337
PMCPMC8509671
OpenAlexW3199211611

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