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 ...

Studies in breast cancer, melanoma, colon cancer, lung cancer and almost all solid malignancies that spread to lymph nodes have confirmed that metastatic cells move in an orderly manner from the ...

Outcome of trimodality-eligible esophagogastric cancer (EC) patients who declined surgery after preoperative chemoradiation. Background: Extended radical esophagectomy with three-field lymph node ...

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 ...

(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, ...

Evaluating the clinical impact of a shortened infusion duration for ramucirumab: A population pharmacokinetic model-based approach. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2021 Gastrointestinal ...

A joint research team has announced that it is possible to detect and precisely remove metastatic lymph nodes during endometrial cancer surgery using neo-mannosyl human serum albumin-indocyanine green ...

Has the cancer spread? That's the fear for anyone who is fighting breast cancer. But a new procedure called Spy Phi is helping to answer the question and save lives. "This is the area of the body ...

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 ...