Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Patients

Table 3

Review of studies with sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with MCC.

Author	Reference; Number	Year	patients; with SLNB	H-E; ± IHC	+SN	CLND	+ NSN	Nodal recurrence in; SN patients	Median followup (months)
Allen et al.	[5]	2005	54	NS	12	8	2	Not detailed*	40
Maza et al.	[11]	2006	23	Both	11	8	4	2	36.1
Gupta et al.	[7]	2006	30/61	Both	7	?	—	Not detailed	—
Ortin-Perez et al.	[12]	2007	8	Both	3	3	0	0	55
Warner et al.	[13]	2008	11/17	Both	3	2	?	5	16
Shnayder et al.	[14]	2008	10/15	Both	4	1	1	1	24
Bajetta et al.	[15]	2009	21/95	NS	8	8	4		65
Fields et al.	[16]	2011	153	Both	45	21	6	8/108	41
Howle and Veness	[17]	2012	16	Both	8	3	2	2/8	19.5
Total			326		101	54	19

∗One out of 21 SN negative patients results published in a previous article (20) with a median followup of 19 months.
NS: not specified.