In all but 6 patients (3%), SLN was identified. A complete failure (absence of reliable scintigraphic imaging and surgical localization) was observed in two patients with truncal melanoma. A surgical ...

July 17, 2012 — A thorough lymph node examination can enhance the detection of unexpected metastatic disease in patients with nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but current practices are suboptimal, ...

For patients with breast cancer treated with preoperative chemotherapy, residual tumour burden in lymph nodes is the strongest prognostic factor. However, conventional pathological examination has ...

A lymph node biopsy is a test that checks for disease in your lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are small, oval-shaped organs located in different parts of your body. They’re found close to internal organs ...