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 ...
Removal of armpit lymph nodes can leave many breast cancer patients with lingering lymphedema, a painful and unsightly swelling of the arm. For patients with clinical stage I and II melanoma, smoking ...
Applies to most patients with one or two positive sentinel lymph nodes ...
For women who have breast cancer, doctors usually remove 10 to 20 lymph nodes from under the arm in order to find out if it as spread. That procedure can cause numbness, loss of range of motion and ...
Limited data are available on survival outcomes after sentinel-lymph-node biopsy alone as compared with lymphadenectomy in cervical cancer. In this multicenter, randomized, noninferiority trial, we ...
Omitting SLNB in older patients with early-stage, HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer showed similar safety and efficacy to performing the procedure. The BOOG 13-08 trial demonstrated comparable ...
Dr. Ko Un “Clara” Park and Dr. Mylin Torres present the latest evidence-based changes to the SLNB in early-stage breast cancer guideline. They discuss the practice-changing trials that led to the ...
To investigate this further, first author, Gabriella N. Tortorello, MD, and a research team from the University of Pennsylvania, performed a retrospective cohort study with data from the National ...
Omitting completion axillary lymph node dissection does not increase risk for death for patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer, but it does significantly improve arm distress.Data from ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Armando E. Giuliano, MD, will receive the 2025 William L. McGuire Memorial Lecture Award. Giuliano is being ...