Nodal Staging of High Risk Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Nodal metastasis for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma occurs in 4-6% of patients and sentinel lymph node biopsy is positive in 29.4% of Brigham and Women's Hospital stage T2b tumors. Nodal staging may be considered with high-risk cutaneous tumors without palpable lymphadenopathy via imaging and, if negative, sentinel lymph node biopsy.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Authors: Matthew Fox, Marc Brown, Nicholas Golda, Dori Goldberg, Christopher Miller, Melissa Pugliano-Mauro, Chrysalyne Schmults, Thuzar Shin, Thomas Stasko, Yaohui G. Xu, Kishwer Nehal Source Type: research
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