SPECT/CT Before SLN Excision Improves Melanoma Survival
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SPECT/CT Before SLN Excision Improves Melanoma Survival

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    • September 14, 2012 at 7:27 pm
    Gene_S
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    SPECT/CT Before SLN Excision Improves Melanoma Survival

    IMNG Medical Media. 2012 Sept 11, J Smith

    Single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography imaging before sentinel lymph node excision was associated with significantly higher disease-free survival rates in melanoma patients, according to the results of a new study published in JAMA Sept. 12.In addition to less local relapse and a better 4-year progression-free survival, SPECT/CT was associated with the detection of more positive nodes, more sentinel lymph node-excision (SLNE) procedures performed in the head and neck area,…

    http://www.oncologystat.com/news/SPECTCT_Before_SLN_Excision_Improves_Melanoma_Survival_US.html

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      • September 14, 2012 at 10:17 pm
      JC
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      what does this mean in layman's terms?  that the scan prior to SNB helped detect which nodes to take, better than the traditional mapping?

      • September 14, 2012 at 10:17 pm
      JC
      Participant

      what does this mean in layman's terms?  that the scan prior to SNB helped detect which nodes to take, better than the traditional mapping?

      • September 14, 2012 at 10:17 pm
      JC
      Participant

      what does this mean in layman's terms?  that the scan prior to SNB helped detect which nodes to take, better than the traditional mapping?

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