Research initiated at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center on techniques used for detecting the earliest spread of melanoma has confirmed that these new methods can significantly prolong patients’ disease-free survival over traditional techniques. The research also affirms a new standard for detecting the spread of melanoma to the lymph nodes by allowing doctors to quickly determine which patients may benefit from having their lymph nodes removed, while sparing the surgery for patients who it cannot benefit. Read more here.
Study mentioned: Morton DL, et al. Final trial report of sentinel-node biopsy versus nodal observation in melanoma. N Engl J Med. 2014 Feb 13;370(7):599-609. PMID: 24521106
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