It is a basic tenet of the sentinel lymph-node biopsy procedure that all positive sentinel lymph nodes will inevitably progress to palpable nodal recurrence if not removed. Comparison of survival ...

At MSK, breast cancer surgery and breast reconstruction often are done during the same procedure. During surgery, your doctor may also do a lymph node biopsy. This procedure lets them take a sample of ...

The scenarios illustrated include disease staging (primary melanoma, satellite metastasis, in-transit metastasis, and lymphadenopathies), sentinel lymph node biopsy procedure, patient follow-up ...