From January, 1954, to July, 1956, a total of 153 prescalene-lymph-node biopsies were performed on the Thoracic Surgery Service of the Boston City Hospital. The clinical course, laboratory data ...

A multidisciplinary guideline panel convened by the American Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (AABIP) and the Early Detection & Screening Committee of the International ...

A lymph node biopsy is a procedure in which a part of a lymph node or the entire node is removed to make the diagnosis of a disease and assess progression of a disease.

MSK offers the latest breast cancer treatment options, including surgery. Our breast surgeons are experts in all types of breast cancer surgery. That includes mastectomy, lumpectomy, sentinel lymph ...

If the lymph nodes close to the melanoma are swollen and have cancer cells in them, you might have the lymph nodes removed.

Echelon nodes were then harvested if they had a count ≥ 10% of the SLN. The background count of the lymph node basin was then measured to ensure that no further radioactive nodes remained.

Surgery to remove lymph nodes from your armpit You might have surgery to remove most or all the lymph nodes in the armpit (axilla) close to the breast. This is called an axillary lymph node dissection ...

If You Need Surgery for a Biopsy Did your doctor say you need an operation to check your lymph nodes? In that case, you’ll probably first get an injection of a radioactive substance or dye to ...

Using the DecisionDx-Melanoma test to guide sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) surgery decisions could have significantly reduced the number of unnecessary SLNBs by 33% for patients with T1-T2 ...

Most older patients with ER-positive DCIS undergoing mastectomy can avoid axillary surgery, reducing unnecessary procedures. Axillary surgery is overused in patients aged 70 and older, with 93% ...

A lymph node biopsy is a procedure in which a part of a lymph node or the entire node is removed to make the diagnosis of a disease and assess progression of a disease. A normal lymph node is about ...