Sentinel pelvic lymph node dissection is a radioisotope-guided technique that has been developed for the detection of potential lymph node metastases. In this Viewpoint, Professor Janetschek discusses ...

One of the most important incremental steps in breast cancer has been to lessen the amount of axillary surgery that is needed to stage breast cancer. Sentinel node biopsy appears to lead a much lower ...

Skipping standard axillary lymph node dissection led to very low rates of axillary recurrence in patients with node-positive breast cancer who became node-negative following neoadjuvant chemotherapy, ...

Non-Overlapping and Non–Cell-Type–Specific Gene Expression Signatures Predict Lung Cancer Survival A multicenter observational study on sentinel node detection using radioactive tracer and blue dye ...

A total of 333 patients were included in the study. The SLN could be identified in 328 out of 333 patients, calculating an identification rate of 98.5%. SLNs were positive for metastases in 128 out of ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy that downstaged positive lymph nodes to negative led to a low rate of invasive breast cancer recurrence with either targeted axillary dissection (TAD) or ...

Obesity and Its Impact on Breast Cancer: Tumor Incidence, Recurrence, Survival, and Possible Interventions Table 1. Results of SLN Biopsy with and without ALND, by Size of SLN Metastasis, in ...

The concept of skipping axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in some patients with breast cancer was supported by a European noninferiority trial. Among patients with early-stage, node-negative ...

Ten-year findings suggest some patients may safely receive less treatment, potentially lowering side effects without raising ...

In breast cancer patients, radiotherapy may reduce lymphedema (arm swelling) risk compared to surgery after neoadjuvant therapy, offering a less invasive option.

Dye is injected into the breast, one to four of the nodes is identified with a probe and removed to see if cancer cells are present. Lymph nodes are small organs, typically ranging from the size of a ...