Thousands Of Unnecessary Operations Avoided Using Less Invasive Lymph Node Biopsy

Using an ultrasound-guided fine needle to biopsy lymph nodes could spare thousands of melanoma patients every year worldwide from having to undergo unnecessary and sometimes unpleasant surgery to verify whether their cancer has spread, new research indicates. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Dermatology on October 5th, 2007