Sentinel Node With Ultrasound Contrast in Melanoma

Rigshospitalet, Denmark20 enrolled

Overview

The purpose is to evaluate,in 20 patients, if the sentinel node(s) in melanoma can be detected by lymph contrast ultrasound. In comparing the patients will also get lymph-scintigraphy and sentinel node detection wiht blue dye. The goal is to improve the method for detecting sentinel node(s) in melanoma.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Malignant Melanoma

Interventions

ultrasound contrastDRUG

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Malignant melanoma on a extremity, * No spread of the cancer, * Patients over 18 years old, Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy, * Lactating, * Severe hart disease,

Locations (1)

Copenhagen univercity hospital, Department of Radiology, section of ultrasound

Copenhagen, Denmark

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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