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Not everyone can just demand an SLNB

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    • September 2, 2016 at 7:21 pm
    becky15
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      Regarding recent comments on this forum, it is all very well for those with the benefit of insurance in the US to imply that an SLNB is a no brainer with thin melanomas, be your own advocate etc etc. Many readers of this forum will be from Europe where, as is mostly the case and definitely is where I am in the UK, consultants will follow nationally set guidelines. As medical treatment is free to all in most European countries, there is a limit to funding and patients cannot just demand procedures just because they might want them. The guidelines in the UK are backed on the AJCC 2010 guidelines and these di not call for an SLNB under a depth of 1mm so it would be highly unlikely that you would get one.
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