2023
The role of imaging and sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with T3b-T4b melanoma with clinically negative disease
Papageorge M, Maina R, King A, Lee V, Baumann R, Pucar D, Ariyan S, Khan S, Weiss S, Clune J, Olino K. The role of imaging and sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with T3b-T4b melanoma with clinically negative disease. Frontiers In Oncology 2023, 13: 1143354. PMID: 37223678, PMCID: PMC10200883, DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1143354.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPre-operative imagingCross-sectional imagingFree survivalLow-risk melanomaHigh-risk melanomaHigh-risk diseaseKaplan-Meier methodRecurrence-free survivalSentinel node biopsyWide local excisionManagement of patientsLog-rank testRole of imagingPropensity-score matchingIncidental cancerT4b diseaseMetastatic diseaseNodal diseaseNode biopsyPerioperative periodMedian ageNegative diseaseSentinel lymphLocal excisionNodular melanoma
2021
Methods of Sentinel Lymph Node Identification in Auricular Melanoma
Noorbakhsh S, Papageorge M, Maina RM, Baumann R, Moores C, Weiss SA, Pucar D, Ariyan S, Olino K, Clune J. Methods of Sentinel Lymph Node Identification in Auricular Melanoma. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 2021, 9: e4004. PMID: 34938645, PMCID: PMC8687720, DOI: 10.1097/gox.0000000000004004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAuricular melanomaSentinel nodesLymphatic drainage patternsIntraoperative identificationSentinel lymphPlanar lymphoscintigraphyPreoperative imagingPreoperative mappingSPECT-CTSentinel lymph node identificationCareful intraoperative evaluationMore sentinel nodesSentinel node identificationSentinel lymph nodesLymph node identificationSingle photon emissionMicrometastatic diseaseLymph nodesRetrospective reviewPreoperative identificationIntraoperative evaluationComputerized tomographyMelanomaNode identificationLymphoscintigraphy