title: Radioguided surgery for melanoma.
abstract: The advent of lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node biopsy provides an effective and less morbid procedure for staging patients with malignant melanoma. There is considerable variation on this technique. This article describes the technique that was developed and is currently in application at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute. Understanding all the steps and paying close attention to all details are important to ensure successful mapping.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Costello
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Reintgen
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008545:Melanoma / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*