Complete lymph node dissection for regional nodal metastasis.
Clin Plast Surg
; 37(1): 113-25, 2010 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
The primary management of lymph nodes involved with metastatic melanoma is regional lymphadenectomy. Axillary or inguinal node complete lymph node dissection (CLND) is performed after an occult metastasis is found by sentinel lymph node biopsy, or after a clinically apparent regional lymph node metastasis. CLND completely removes all lymph-node-bearing tissue in a nodal basin. This procedure continues to be controversial. No randomized prospective studies have yet determined the survival advantage of CLND. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network recommends that all patients with stage III melanoma have a CLND.
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Asunto principal:
Neoplasias Cutáneas
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Escisión del Ganglio Linfático
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Melanoma
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Plast Surg
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos