In 2025, ASCO published a guideline update on the use of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in patients with early-stage breast cancer (stages I and II) treated with up-front breast-conserving surgery.

Nine hundred thirty-six women who underwent SLN biopsy (SLNB) alone or SLNB followed by axillary lymph node dissection (SLNB/ALND) between June 1, 1999, and May 30, 2003, were evaluated at a median of ...

ABSTRACT - BACKGROUND: At least 12 lymph nodes (LNs) should be examined following surgical resection of colon cancer. As it is difficult to find small LNs, fat clearing fixatives have been proposed, ...

Sentinel lymph node biopsy versus pelvic/para-aortic lymphadenectomy Preliminary data from one study are very uncertain about deaths, surgical complications and quality of life. Sentinel lymph node ...

Breast biopsy procedures involve removing a small sample of breast tissue to check for cancer or other abnormal cells. There are a few types. Core needle biopsy is most frequently used when breast ...

The US-FNA sensitivity for lymph nodes with normal sonographic features was 0%, while for indeterminate lymph nodes it was 80% and, for suspicious lymph nodes, 90.5%. In the assessment of invasive ...

Routine SLNB may be used to predict tumor invasion levels and SLN metastasis in patients with EMPD who do not have enlarged lymph nodes.

Updated threshold values of preoperative serum calcitonin predict different extents of lymph node metastasis (LNM) in ...

The Innovation Center of NanoMedicine has summarized the results of its collaborative research with Professor Kanjiro ...

Makaila Chenier, 17, from Texas, thought the 'little' lump she found in her neck was a swollen lymph node from a lingering cold. It turned out to be cancer, and the following month she was diagnosed ...