Melanoma nodal management in Ontario the year after the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology and Society of Surgical Oncology guideline.

Conclusions: In Ontario, only two thirds of patients with intermediate-thickness melanomas (T2, T3) underwent slnb as recommended by the asco/sso guideline. Use of slnb was less frequent for patients with a head-and-neck primary and higher for younger patients (<80 years). The rate of clnd after a positive slnb was also low relative to the guideline recommendation. PMID: 31708651 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Current Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Curr Oncol Source Type: research