DecisionDx®-Melanoma's i31-SLNB Outperforms MIA Nomogram in Identifying Patients Who May Safely Forgo Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Newly published prospective study shows DecisionDx-Melanoma's i31-SLNB test result more accurately identifies patients at low and high risk of sentinel lymph node (SLN) positivity than the Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA) nomogram Patients classified as low risk by the i31-SLNB result had a 2.6% observed SLN positivity rate, falling well below the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) 5% threshold used to consider avoiding sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), compared with a 5.8% observed positivity rate for the MIA nomogram FRIENDSWOOD, Texas, June 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Castle Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSTL), a company improving health through innovative tests that guide patient care, today announced the publication of a prospective, multicenter study in Dermatology and Therapy demonstrating that DecisionDx-Melanoma's integrated sentinel lymph node biopsy test result (i31-SLNB) outperforms the MIA nomogram in identifying patients at low and high risk of SLN positivity, supporting more informed SLNB decision-making for patients with cutaneous melanoma (CM).1 This is the second multicenter study showing that the i31-SLNB result outperforms the MIA nomogram in assessing SLN positivity risk.2 "Many clinicians are familiar with nomograms that estimate risk of sentinel lymph node positivity using clinicopathologic features alone, yet current guidelines acknowledge limitations in their performance at lower risk thresholds," said Rohit Sharma, M.D., FACS, lead author of the study and surgical oncologist at Marshfield Clinic Health System in Marshfield, Wisconsin.
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