The Value of Preoperative Dynamic Lymphscintigraphy and Ultrasoundscanning, Eventually With FNA, for Identification of Malignant Sentinel Node(s) in Patients With Melanoma

Rigshospitalet

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Melanoma

Treatments: Procedure: FNA (fine needle aspiration)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01677975

Ultrasound in melanomas

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal with this study is to evaluate the value of dynamic lymphscintigraphy and ultrasoundscanning preoperative in patients with melanomas.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Histologically verified melanomas, at least 1 mm thickness, or thinner melanomas with ulceration and/or Clarks level IV-V and/or mitoserate at least 1/mm2.

Exclusion criteria

Other malignant illness Known local, regional or non-regional metastasis on the time of diagnonsis Comorbidity which contraindicate lymphnoderemoval Age less than 18 yrs

Trial design

0 participants in 1 patient group

ultrasound, dynamic lymphscintigraphy

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: FNA (fine needle aspiration)