Lymph nodes are small organs, typically ranging from the size of a pea to a little bean, which are located throughout the body. Lymph nodes are one of the components of the lymphatic system. There are ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is a low-risk procedure that can reduce the need for complete lymph node ...

Women with hormone receptor (HR)–positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)–negative breast cancer who have one positive sentinel node and no high-risk features can likely be spared ...

University of Queensland researchers have received a $3.1 million grant for a trial which could revolutionize endometrial cancer treatment. Research Director Professor Andreas Obermair at UQ's ...

Prognostic significance of reduction rate of Ki-67 after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients with non-pCR. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This ...

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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 ...

Phase II Study of Eribulin Mesylate, a Halichondrin B Analog, in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer Previously Treated With an Anthracycline and a Taxane Of 97,314 patients, 20.8% underwent SLNB ...

Recently, omission of axillary lymph node dissection among patients with early breast cancer has been found to have no detrimental effect on outcomes in most cases, continuing a trend toward less ...