"Our findings suggest that, in the condition of negative sentinel lymph nodes, omitting pelvic lymphadenectomy does not ...

In this randomized, non-inferiority trial, the omission of surgical axillary staging was noninferior to sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with clinically node-negative, T1 or T2 invasive breast ...

The following is a summary of “Geographic and racial disparities in the quality of surgical care among patients with ...

Are lymph nodes removed during a mastectomy? During a mastectomy, most people have a sentinel lymph node biopsy. This is a procedure that removes 1 or more lymph nodes from the underarm area. These ...

Dr. Kandace P. McGuire discusses how targeted axillary staging differs from traditional methods of staging in patients ...

Whether surgical axillary staging can be omitted without compromising survival in women with early-stage breast cancer undergoing breast-conserving therapy has been unclear. New research findings ...

Intraoperative frozen biopsy and sentinel lymph nodes technique have not shown sufficient accuracy to avoid extended lymphadenectomy, due to the significant rates of skip lymphatic metastasis.

Teddi Mellencamp was diagnosed with melanoma in 2022. Since then, she's had multiple biopsies, surgeries and the cancer has ...

Recently, primary results from the SOUND trial showed that omission of axillary surgery was noninferior to sentinel-lymph-node biopsy in patients with small breast cancers up to 2 cm (results for ...

The following is a summary of “Patient-reported lymphedema after sentinel lymph node mapping in women with low-grade endometrial cancer,” published in the March 2025 issue of American Journal of ...

Each year, around 28,600 people in the UK undergo a sentinel lymph node biopsy, said the cost-effectiveness watchdog. NICE said in a statement that approving NHS use of Magtrace could also ...