The multidisciplinary Gastrointestinal Tumor Board at the Derrick L. Davis Forsyth Regional Cancer Center reviewed and recommended that a minimum of 12 lymph nodes be examined in all cases of colon ...

A lymph node biopsy is a test that checks for disease in your lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are small, oval-shaped organs located in different parts of your body. They’re found close to internal organs ...

The disparities in survival among node-positive breast cancer patients of African American and Hispanic heritage are not explained by nodal surgery utilization. Proportions of patients receiving SLNB ...

The use of artificial intelligence to detect sentinel lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer may be able to save time and reduce costs as compared with immunohistochemistry. Artificial ...

In a trial, selected patients with early non-small cell lung cancer did not benefit from mediastinal lymph node dissection (LND). Mediastinal LND resulted in longer surgeries, increased bleeding, and ...

In the surgical treatment of endometrioid endometrial cancers, the use of lymphadenectomy has decreased considerably, according to a new study. This downward trend reflects results from seminal ...

November 25, 2008 — Systematic pelvic lymphadenectomy does not improve disease-free or overall survival in patients with early-stage endometrial cancer, according to a report by Italian researchers ...