Targeted axillary dissection (TAD) is a relatively new breast cancer procedure. It allows surgical oncologists to specifically locate a lymph node that contained cancer before chemotherapy, remove it ...
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, ...
There is no consensus method for the histological analysis of axillary sentinel nodes (SN). This study aimed to (1) assess the rate of occult metastases in SN using large serial sectioning and ...
Trials evaluating the omission of completion axillary-lymph-node dissection in patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer and sentinel-lymph-node metastases have been compromised by limited ...
Axillary lymphadenopathy occurs when your underarm (axilla) lymph nodes grow larger in size. It typically resolves on its own, but may sometimes occur with more serious causes. Finding a lump or ...
Platinum-based chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer. Background: Whether SLN biopsy (SLNB) should be performed in patients with DCIS is controversial. Many centers perform SLNB in DCIS ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN ANTONIO — Sentinel lymph node biopsy during surgery that identified no evidence of cancer appeared ...
Extended Perineal Resection of Distal Rectal Cancers: Surgical Advance, Increased Utilization of Neoadjuvant Therapies, Proper Patient Selection or All of the Above? The quick answer is that avoidance ...
Axillary lymph nodes are kidney bean-shaped organs in the underarm area and are part of the lymphatic system. The interior of the lymph nodes contain lymphocytes and macrophages in abundance. The ...