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MSLT-1-SNB is a biomarker, not a therapeutic intervention

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NATURE REVIEWS CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages 248-249

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NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2014.64

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The final analysis of the MSLT-1 trial confirms that sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNLB) does not improve survival in patients with melanoma > 1 mm thickness. Subgroup analyses remain inconclusive. SNLB provides prognostic information for adjuvant therapy decisions, as recent data indicate that adjuvant therapies are effective in patients with positive sentinel nodes with an ulcerated primary.

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