Disease-free survival for invasive ductal breast cancer (IDC) patients may be easier to predict with the help of F-18-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) scans, ...

Clinical relevance of the use of FDG PET/CT in locally advanced breast cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2012 Breast Cancer Symposium. This abstract does not include a full text ...

We used FDG-PET/CT scans to assess the extent of cancer spread to the lymph nodes," said Dr Van Hemert. "We marked the largest axillary lymph node with a radioactive iodine seed. After this, patients ...

Targeted axillary dissection (TAD) is a relatively new breast cancer procedure. It allows surgical oncologists to specifically locate a lymph node that contained cancer before chemotherapy, remove it ...

Propensity-score matched pair comparison of accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) and whole breast irradiation (WBI) for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

A 36-year-old man presents to his primary care physician with swelling of the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints of both hands, wrists, ankles and bilateral metatarsophalangeal (MTP) pain of several ...

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 ...

Patients with lymph node-positive breast cancer may still avoid extensive axillary surgery if they have clear nodes after systemic therapy, data from a prospective registry showed. Patients with clear ...

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 ...

Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is a procedure to remove lymph nodes in the underarm area when breast cancer has spread, aiming to prevent further spread and recurrence. The procedure involves ...