Lymphatic mapping, a recent technique first developed for the management of melanoma, is based on the concept that information about the status of the entire lymphatic drainage from a tumor site could ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis demonstrates that human papillomavirus positivity in cervical cancer is associated with better overall, cancer-specific, and disease-free survival. HPV Types in ...

The Mayo Lung Cohort: A Regression Analysis Focusing on Lung Cancer Incidence and Mortality PURPOSE: Lymph node metastases are the most significant prognostic factor in localized non–small-cell lung ...

Initial safety results from a randomized, phase II study of high-risk colorectal cancer patients (stage IIIC) treated with either regorafenib or standard of care (no treatment) after adjuvant FOLFOX.

Dr. Eva Singletary answers the question: 'What Effect Does Blue Dye Have?' — -- Question: What type of reactions are possible from the blue dye used in sentinel lymph node biopsy? Answer: The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Skipping sentinel lymph node biopsy can be considered for node-negative, HR-positive, HER2-negative early breast ...

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 ...

Breast cancer that has spread to lymph nodes may be treated more aggressively than localized cancer, because it has a greater potential to travel to other parts of the body. You have thousands of ...

Lymph node dissections, or lymphadenectomies, are surgical procedures that play an important role in cancer treatments. A healthcare professional will remove the lymph nodes and check a tissue sample ...