Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Thin Melanoma - Winship Cancer ...
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Thin Melanoma - Winship Cancer ...
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Thin Melanoma - Winship Cancer ...
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SLNB <strong>for</strong> thin melanoma<br />
Cost of SLNB in thin melanoma<br />
• If the incremental charge rendered <strong>for</strong> SLNB<br />
alone is $10,000, then, excluding charges<br />
associated with CLND, adjuvant therapy and<br />
more intensive followup <strong>for</strong> those patients with<br />
a positive SLN, the cost to identify one excess<br />
unpreventable death from melanoma =<br />
$10,000 x 120 = $1,200,000
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