Utility of sentinel lymphadenectomy in the management of patients with high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

Background: High-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is an aggressive tumor with a significant rate of metastasis, especially nodal, and deaths yearly. Sentinel lymphadenectomy may be a valuable adjunct in the treatment of patients with cutaneous SCC at high risk for metastases with a clinical N0 status.

Objective: To report the clinical and pathologic features in nine patients who underwent this procedure at a tertiary-care cancer center.