Age Factor in SLNB Recommendations for Patients with Thin Melanomas
According to the results of a study recently published in JAMA Dermatology, patient age may be a contributing factor in determining SLNB recommendations in cases of thin melanomas. “Patient age was shown to be an important discriminant of nodal positivity among patients with mitogenic tumors 0.50 to 0.75 mm and 0.76 to 1.0 mm and…