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 ...

BARCELONA, Spain — Lymph node surgery to check for the spread of breast cancer could be avoided even in women with aggressive cancers if they respond well to initial chemotherapy, suggest the results ...

CHICAGO -- Many breast cancer patients can skip aggressive lymph node surgery without increasing their chances of a recurrence or death if their disease shows limited spread, according to a study that ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Patients with early breast cancer who skipped axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) lived just as long as those who underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), the randomized INSEMA ...

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 ...

Adequate lymph node yield for patients with papillary thyroid cancer is associated with longer operations, longer hospitalization, and higher risk of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury and hypocalcemia, ...

When it comes to cancer, the general idea is less is more. The fewer tumor and malignant cells that are left behind by treatment, the greater the chances of surviving the disease. Now a groundbreaking ...

Active surveillance in sentinel lymph node positive melanoma could delay surgery but may result in the same risk of the cancer coming back. Ultrasound monitoring may be an alternative to surgical ...

Dr. Stephen Edge answers the question: 'How to Detect Spread to Lymph Nodes?' — -- Question: What are the methods used to investigate whether breast cancer has spread to the lymph nodes? Answer: ...

With the goals of informing surgical management, improving long-term outcomes and lowering death rates of patients with testicular cancer, a study has found that the conventional, versatile open ...