Worldwide standard in diagnosing melanoma pioneered by Moffitt Cancer Center

Moffitt Cancer Center researchers have been instrumental in making significant improvements to the diagnostic procedure called sentinel node biopsy for melanoma patients and teaching this procedure to physicians from around the world.Sentinel nodes are the first lymph nodes to which cancer cells from a primary tumor like melanoma will spread. In the sentinel node biopsy procedure, a radioactive tracer and a blue-colored dye are injected at or near the melanoma site on the skin and tracked to the first lymph node(s).
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Melanoma / Skin Cancer Source Type: news