Journal article
Conditional Survival-Based “Abbreviated” Routine Cancer Surveillance for Pathologic Stage IB Melanoma
Abstract
A negative sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for stage IB (T1b/T2a N0) melanoma would predict an excellent long-term prognosis. Combined with the concept of conditional survival, an "abbreviated" cancer surveillance strategy was implemented to reduce the number of visits and total length of follow-up. Retrospective review of all pathologic stage IB melanoma patients (negative SLNB) at a single institution between 2006 and 2008 after …
Authors
Kukar M; Gabriel E; May R; Cho E; Lichtenthal M; Groman A; Skitzki J; Francescutti V; Kane JM
Journal
The American Surgeon, Vol. 83, No. 11, pp. 1256–1262
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
November 2017
DOI
10.1177/000313481708301128
ISSN
0003-1348