Abstract：
BACKGROUND:Preoperative imaging for early-stage cutaneous melanoma is not recommended by current guidelines. Our goal was to investigate our institutional usage and utility. METHODS:Patients with clinically node-negative cutaneous melanoma undergoing surgery with sentinel lymph node biopsy were identified retrospectively. Any melanoma-related imaging after diagnosis and before surgery was considered a staging study. RESULTS:Five hundred fifteen studies were performed in 409 of 546 (75%) patients. Chest x-rays was performed in 70% and advanced imaging in 14% (computed tomography imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, and positron-emission computed tomography imaging). No metastatic lesions were identified. A Breslow thickness greater than 4 mm (odds ratio = 6.46 vs <1 mm; 95% confidence interval, 2.07 to 20.15) and male sex (odds ratio = 2.62 vs female; 95% confidence interval, 1.26 to 5.46) were associated with an increased likelihood of advanced imaging. CONCLUSIONS:Preoperative imaging was performed in the majority of patients with node-negative melanoma, with 14% undergoing advanced studies. No metastatic lesions were identified, confirming the limited utility in this setting.
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Am J Surgjournal_title
American journal of surgeryauthors
Haddad D,Garvey EM,Mihalik L,Pockaj BA,Gray RJ,Wasif Ndoi
10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.08.017subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-12-01 00:00:00pages
979-85; discussion 985-6issue
6eissn
0002-9610issn
1879-1883pii
S0002-9610(13)00499-6journal_volume
206pub_type
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