Preoperative Therapy in Invasive Breast Cancer: Reviewing the State of the Science and Exploring New Research Directions The sentinel node procedure is an adequate tool to identify lymph node ...

Skipping sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in patients with clinically node-negative, hormonal receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative early-stage breast cancer did not compromise regional control or ...

A total of 751 women clinically node negative post-NACT underwent LAS (excision of lymph node [LN] and fat below first intercostobrachial nerve). Of these women, 730 also underwent SNB by dual ...

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 ...

SLNB surgery is used to determine whether a patient’s melanoma has spread to the lymph node; the procedure has the potential for complications and returns a biopsy that is negative for metastatic ...

Lymph node status in stage I hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer was not a good indicator of genetic-risk scores that would qualify older women for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is a low-risk procedure that can reduce the need for complete lymph node ...

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 ...

Removal of armpit lymph nodes can leave many breast cancer patients with lingering lymphedema, a painful and unsightly swelling of the arm. For patients with clinical stage I and II melanoma, smoking ...

Study data also show that using certain DecisionDx-Melanoma test results in conjunction with current guidelines can reduce the number of SLNB procedures performed, particularly in patients with a low ...