title: Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: Evolution of the Technique Since the Original Description by Morton et al. in 1992.
abstract: Donald Morton was a truly amazing man: a remarkable scientist and an outstanding, inspirational surgical oncologist. For those of us who had the great fortune to know him personally, it was an experience that we will always remember with warmth and gratitude. Hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of patients in the future will also be grateful to him when they benefit from his original but simple idea that has so dramatically improved the surgical approach to patients with cancers that may metastasize to regional lymph nodes: the sentinel lymph node biopsy concept.
authors.affiliation: Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia; Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; Alfred Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasound, Newtown, NSW 2042, Australia.
authors.forename: Roger F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Uren
authors.affiliation: Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia; Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: Omgo E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Nieweg
authors.affiliation: Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia; Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D005197:Famous Persons; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D000071036:Sentinel Lymph Node / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals