title: Why perform sentinel-lymph-node biopsy in patients with melanoma?
authors: Steven A
authors: SA
authors: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D009042:Motivation; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome