Dr. Ko Un “Clara” Park and Dr. Mylin Torres present the latest evidence-based changes to the SLNB in early-stage breast cancer guideline. They discuss the practice-changing trials that led to the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sentinel lymph node biopsy was effective as a prognostic and staging tool in stage IIB/C melanoma, according to ...

I was just diagnosed with early-stage melanoma, and I am being referred to an oncologist. What happens next? Will I need a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Skipping sentinel lymph node biopsy can be considered for node-negative, HR-positive, HER2-negative early breast ...

To investigate this further, first author, Gabriella N. Tortorello, MD, and a research team from the University of Pennsylvania, performed a retrospective cohort study with data from the National ...

Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy for early cervical cancer achieved non-inferiority versus pelvic lymphadenectomy, according to results of a large randomized study from China. Patients assigned to SLN ...

Omitting SLNB in older patients with early-stage, HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer showed similar safety and efficacy to performing the procedure. The BOOG 13-08 trial demonstrated comparable ...

Lymph node metastasis occurs in "metastatic" lymph nodes, lymph nodes that contain cancer cells that have spread from elsewhere in the body. A part of the immune system, lymph nodes are tiny ...

ASCO Guidelines provide recommendations with comprehensive review and analyses of the relevant literature for each recommendation, following the guideline development process as outlined in the ASCO ...

Limited data are available on survival outcomes after sentinel-lymph-node biopsy alone as compared with lymphadenectomy in cervical cancer. In this multicenter, randomized, noninferiority trial, we ...