title: Ultrasound assessment of lymph nodes in the management of early-stage melanoma.
abstract: It has been suggested that ultrasound examination of regional lymph nodes provides staging and prognostic information that is as accurate as sentinel node biopsy in patients who present with cutaneous melanoma. However, in most studies the sensitivity of ultrasound in detecting nodal metastasis has been low (23% in a recent large series). For the present, sentinel node biopsy remains the most accurate method of regional node staging in patients with newly diagnosed melanoma.
authors.affiliation: Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, NSW Australia. john.thompson@melanoma.org.au
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Lauren E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Haydu
authors.forename: Amira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanki
authors.forename: Roger F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Uren
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography