My diagnosis is Melanoma infiltrating papillary derm, Thickness 0,9 (breslow), <1mitosis/mm2. the distance from resection margin is 0,1cm. pT1a (AJCC 2009).
It was done a standard resection of 0,5cm radius.
My dermatologist told me that the following step will be the 1cm resection with no sentinel linphonode biopsy.
While the thickness is 0.9, is it correct do not perform sentinel linphonode biopsy?
Welcome!~ In the U.S. the SLNB is done from .76 to 1.00, some though only if it is 1.00 and over. So that is probably correct what your doctor is telling you. As long as the mitosis was low too, there should be little worry. Were there any other factors? Where is it located, are you male or female?