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Table 2 Summary of studies reporting SLN procedures for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

From: Sentinel lymph node biopsy for high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: clinical experience and review of literature

Author, year

# SCC cases

Location

SLN results and histological methods

Adjuvant Treatment

Disease Recurrence

Stadelmann, 1997 [36]

1

Extremity

1/1 (100%), H&E

LND

LR (n = 1, +SLN)

Weisberg, 2000 [37]

1

Head

0/1 (0%), H&E and IHC

XRT

none

Altinyollar, 2002 [23]

20

Head

3/18 (17%), H&E

LND

N/A

Reschly, 2003 [10]

9

Head, Truncal/Extremity

4/9 (44%), H&E and IHC

LND (n = 3), XRT (n = 1)

LR (n = 1, +SLN),

DR (n = 1, +SLN)

Michl, 2003 [24]

9

Head, Truncal/Extremity

2/9 (22%), H&E and IHC

LND + CTX/XRT (n = 2)

DR (n = 1, +SLN)

Eastman, 2004 [25]

6

Extremity

4/6 (67%). H&E and IHC

N/A

N/A

Ozcelik, 2004 [38]

1

Extremity

0/1 (0%), H&E

none

none

Wagner, 2004 [26]

12

Head, Truncal/Extremity

2/12 (17%), H&E

XRT (n = 2)

none

Hatta, 2005 [34]

4

Extremity

0/4 (0%), H&E and IHC

N/A

N/A

Perez-Naranjo, 2005 [39]

1

Extremity

0/1 (0%), N/A

none

none

Nouri, 2006 [27]

15

Head

1/15 (6.7%), H&E and IHC

LND (n = 4)

none

Mullen, 2006 [9]

14

Truncal/Extremity

0/14 (0%), H&E + IHC

none

LR (n = 2, -SLN)

NR (n = 1, -SLN)

Sahn, 2007 [29]

9

Head, Truncal/Extremity

0/9 (0%), H&E and some IHC

XRT (n = 3)

NR (n = 1, -SLN)

DR (n = 1, -SLN)

Renzi, 2007 [30]

22

Head, Truncal/Extremity

1/22 (5%), H&E and IHC

LND (n = 1)

DR (n = 1, +SLN)

Kwon, 2010

6

Head, Truncal/Extremity

0/6 (0%), H&E and some IHC.

none

LR (n = 1, -SLN)

DR (n = 1, -SLN)

  1. H&E = hematoxylin and eosin, IHC = immunohistochemistry
  2. LND = lymph node dissection, XRT = radiation therapy, CTX = chemotherapy
  3. LR = local recurrence, NR = nodal recurrence, DR = distant metastases, N/A = not available