Jonathan R. Stretch

Apr 19, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | James Miller |Jonathan R. Stretch |Andrew Spillane

Key PointsQuestion  Can systematically refining eligibility guidelines identify more appropriate patients to undergo useful medical procedures using sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for melanoma as an illustrative example? Findings  In this prognostic study/decision analytical model that included 7331 patients with melanoma, a methodology that significantly improved the prognostic accuracy of probabilities of SLNB outcomes was used in 2 distinct populations.