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ArticleJournal of the American Academy of Dermatology2026

Sentinel lymph node biopsy utilization and positivity in veterans with cutaneous melanoma: A comparative analysis of the VA Cancer Registry and the SEER Program.

Daniel Y Kim, Susan M Swetter, Linden Huhmann, Jacqueline M Ferguson, Kimberly Breglio, Allyson C Spence, Lee Wheless, Mary T Brophy, Nhan V Do, Nathanael Fillmore and 1 more

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Article in Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Daniel Y KimHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Susan M SwetterDepartment of Dermatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California; Dermatology Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California.
Linden HuhmannMassachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.
Jacqueline M FergusonCenter for Innovation to Implementation, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California.
Kimberly BreglioDepartment of Dermatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Allyson C SpenceDepartment of Medical Oncology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California.
Lee WhelessDepartment of Dermatology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Valley Healthcare System VA Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Mary T BrophyBoston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.
Nhan V DoBoston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.
Nathanael FillmoreHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts; Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Rebecca I HartmanHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Dermatology Section, VA Integrated Service Network 1 (VISN-1), Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Electronic address: rhartman@bwh.harvard.edu.

Funding

CSRD VA IK2 CX002452CSRD VA IK2 CX002531
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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BreslowcutaneousdermatologymelanomaoncologySEERSurveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results programT2T3T4thicknessVAveteranVeterans Affairs

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PMID42190751
PMCPMC13595219

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