Evaluating Variation in Lymph Node Sampling During Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma
Facility-level variation in nodal yield was minimal and weakly correlated with nodal positivity. This suggests that SLNB performed for melanoma of the trunk and upper extremities is well standardized across CoC hospitals in the absence of a defined operative standard. Future efforts to improve the quality of melanoma nodal surgery may be best focused on technical elements of other procedures, such as lymphadenectomy or more novel lymph node dissection approaches following neoadjuvant therapy.
Authors
- Erin Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0261-7405)
- Daniel J. Boffa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-8833)
- Brandy Sinco
- Alison S. Baskin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5187-9268)
- Lesly A. Dossett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8060-1073)
- Samantha Hendren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4693-1658)
- Amanda B. Francescatti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3099-4726)
- Judy C. Boughey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3820-3228)
- Ton Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0437-3771)
- Nicole M. Mott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4834-3400)
- Vanessa Niba
- Tasha M. Hughes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4678-1143)
- Tina J. Hieken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4277-8692)
- Ronald J. Weigel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9249-0793)
- Crystal D. Taylor
- Abigail Kappelman
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- Duke University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
- VA Center for Clinical Management Research (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Arizona (US)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
- American College of Surgeons (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Surgical Oncology
- Published
- 2025-08-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-025-18063-5
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.05
Funders
- National Cancer Institute