A green fluorescent dye beat the standard blue dye for mapping lymph nodes when the two were compared directly in women with uterine or cervical cancers. The finding comes from a phase 3 ...

(HealthDay)—Sentinel lymph node mapping has the lowest costs and highest quality-adjusted survival compared to both routine and selective lymphadenectomy for managing low-risk endometrial carcinoma, ...

Publication details Sohyeon Jeong et al, Detection of metastatic lymph node and sentinel lymph node mapping using mannose receptor targeting in in vivo mouse and rabbit uterine cancer models, ...

The sentinel lymph node (SLN) is the lymph node that represents the 'gate-keeper' of the lymphatic basin; it is the first node to receive lymphatic drainage from the site of the primary tumor. SLN ...

Prospective Randomized Trial of the Treatment of Patients With Metastatic Melanoma Using Chemotherapy With Cisplatin, Dacarbazine, and Tamoxifen Alone or in Combination With Interleukin-2 and ...

Outcome of trimodality-eligible esophagogastric cancer (EC) patients who declined surgery after preoperative chemoradiation. Background: Extended radical esophagectomy with three-field lymph node ...

Has the cancer spread? That's the fear for anyone who is fighting breast cancer. But a new procedure called Spy Phi is helping to answer the question and save lives. "This is the area of the body ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis demonstrates that human papillomavirus positivity in cervical cancer is associated with better overall, cancer-specific, and disease-free survival. HPV Types in ...

Lymph nodes are located throughout the body. They are small, bean-shaped glands that play a crucial role in the immune system. During an infection, a person may notice swollen lymph nodes. The body ...

If you’ve ever felt swelling on the side of your neck, you probably had swollen glands, also known as swollen lymph nodes. Doctors call it lymphadenopathy. Swollen lymph nodes are a sign that your ...