Increase of sentinel lymph node melanoma staging in The Netherlands; still room and need for further improvement

• Published in: Melanoma management Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 27 - 37
• Main Authors: Deckers, Eric A, Louwman, Marieke Wj, Kruijff, Schelto, Hoekstra, Harald J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Future Medicine Ltd 01.05.2020; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: elderly; head and neck; melanoma; sentinel lymph node; socioeconomic status; staging; head and neck; melanoma; sentinel lymph node; socioeconomic status; staging; elderly

To investigate implementation of the seventh American Joint Committee on Cancer melanoma staging with sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and associations with socioeconomic status (SES). Data from The Netherlands Cancer Registry on patient and tumor characteristics were analyzed for all stage IB–II m...