The chances of a patient with melanoma developing in transit disease are doubled by undergoing sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB).
Russell-Jones
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Powell
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Acland
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Calonje
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O'Doherty
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Healy
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D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008545:Melanoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery