PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Hoyle, Brian ED - Sondak, Vernon K. TI - SNLB Guidelines, Risks, Benefits, and Predictive and Prognostic Value DP - 2013 Aug 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 6--7 VI - 13 IP - 6 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/6/6.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/6/6.full AB - This article provides an overview of the fundamentals of recent guidelines concerning sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in melanoma. It goes on to discuss the risk of recurrence associated with positive, and negative SLNB results and the value of SLNB for thin melanomas (T1, Breslow thickness =1.00 mm),