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Pelvic lymph node dissection is the only reliable method of staging for clinically localized prostate cancer. Despite the obvious prognostic advantages conferred by accurate staging, pelvic lymph node ...

Skipping standard axillary lymph node dissection led to very low rates of axillary recurrence in patients with node-positive breast cancer who became node-negative following neoadjuvant chemotherapy, ...

Pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) has an important role in staging and therapy of prostate cancer, especially for high-risk disease. A novel tool has been proposed to correctly predict the ...

Investigators proposed that lymph node dissection should be included as part of radical cystectomy for patients with NMIBC. Lymph node dissection during radical cystectomy (RC) may improve oncologic ...

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 ...

Lymph node dissections, or lymphadenectomies, are surgical procedures that play an important role in cancer treatments. A healthcare professional will remove the lymph nodes and check a tissue sample ...

Lymph node metastasis occurs in "metastatic" lymph nodes, lymph nodes that have been infected by cancer from elsewhere in the body. A part of the immune system, lymph nodes are tiny ovals placed ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than 40% of patients with lymph node involvement at breast cancer diagnosis could be spared lymph node ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection conferred favorable survival rates among men with ...

Abdominal adiposity, waist circumference, and body mass index in patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer treated with image-guided radiotherapy. Background: The practice of PLND in all PCa ...