Outcome of trimodality-eligible esophagogastric cancer (EC) patients who declined surgery after preoperative chemoradiation. Background: Extended radical esophagectomy with three-field lymph node ...
(HealthDay)—Sentinel lymph node mapping has the lowest costs and highest quality-adjusted survival compared to both routine and selective lymphadenectomy for managing low-risk endometrial carcinoma, ...
Phase Ib Study of Panobinostat and Bortezomib in Relapsed or Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma Patients with previously untreated cT1 or cT2 gastric adenocarcinomas < 4 cm in gross diameter ...
The sentinel lymph node (SLN) is the lymph node that represents the 'gate-keeper' of the lymphatic basin; it is the first node to receive lymphatic drainage from the site of the primary tumor. SLN ...
Experts in endometrial cancer suggest there should be a change in the standard of care, after the largest study to date found that sentinel lymph node biopsy is as accurate for identifying metastasis ...
A green fluorescent dye beat the standard blue dye for mapping lymph nodes when the two were compared directly in women with uterine or cervical cancers. The finding comes from a phase 3 ...
Reston, VA—The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and 10 other professional societies have issued new appropriate use criteria (AUC) for lymphoscintigraphy in sentinel node ...
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 ...
Dr. Eva Singletary answers the question: 'What Effect Does Blue Dye Have?' &#151; -- Question: What type of reactions are possible from the blue dye used in sentinel lymph node biopsy? Answer: The ...