09.06.2020 | Melanoma
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma: Buggy Whip or Roller Bearing?
verfasst von:
Giorgos C. Karakousis, MD, Mark B. Faries, MD
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Ausgabe 8/2020
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Excerpt
In July 1903, at the Mack Avenue assembly plant in Detroit, the first automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company rolled off the line. Across the country, suppliers to the horse and buggy industry, then a dominant form of personal transportation, were generally unaware of this significant event. In Westfield, Connecticut, for example, over 40 buggy whip manufacturers were hard at work, while in Ohio, the Timken Company was producing roller bearings for carriage wheels.
1 Just over a century later, Timken remains an industrial giant, relevant in numerous industries, with products in everything from surgical robots to rovers cruising the surface of Mars. Buggy whips? Not so much. In melanoma oncology, the genomic revolution and advent of effective systemic therapies are our Model Ts. It seems reasonable to ponder where sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy will be as melanoma care evolves. Continued relevance of the technique will depend on two things: demonstration of ongoing value, and innovation. …