Selection of patients with malignant melanoma for pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) using CT-PET Article Swipe
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Dissection (medical)
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Tamer F. Ali
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Roy Powell
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Joanne Short
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Kate Scatchard
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Christopher Stone
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· 2023
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2023.12.007
· OA: W4389671068
YOU?
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· 2023
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2023.12.007
· OA: W4389671068
The 2010 guidelines remain broad and contributed to negative PLND in a third of our patients (9/26). Hence, the indications for performing PLND need to be revisited. Our series supports PET-CT as being 100% sensitive in the identification of pelvic nodal disease and 75% specific. We recommend that a positive PET-CT should be considered as the primary indication for PLND in melanoma patients.
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