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Is omitting complete lymph node dissection justifiable?

New York - It has been more than 20 years since Donald L. Morton, M.D., and colleagues from the John Wayne Cancer Institute pioneered sentinel lymphadenectomy. Surgical oncologists say it has been perhaps the most important breakthrough in melanoma. Yet its role in clinical practice remains hotly debated. Not surprisingly, sentinel lymph node dissection for melanoma proved to be a major focus of melanoma symposiums at the Society of Surgical Oncology annual meeting.

Merrick I. Ross, M.D., was one of the more outspoken presenters who ...

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