Predicting sentinel node positivity in melanoma patients: external validation of a risk-prediction calculator (the MIA nomogram) using a large European population-based patient cohort

CONCLUSIONS: This population-based validation study in European melanoma patients confirmed the value of the MIA nomogram in predicting SN-positivity. Its use will spare low-risk patients the inconvenience, cost and potential risks of SN biopsy while ensuring that high-risk patients are still identified.PMID:33657653 | DOI:10.1111/bjd.19895

Source: The British Journal of Dermatology - March 3, 2021 Category: Dermatology Authors: M A El Sharouni A H R Varey A J Witkamp T Ahmed V Sigurdsson P J van Diest R A Scolyer J F Thompson S N Lo C H van Gils Source Type: research