Sentinel node mapping in gastric cancer surgery is an intraoperative strategy designed to identify the first-echelon lymph nodes that directly drain a gastric tumour. By using tracer substances and ...

For patients with early-stage cervical cancer, sentinel lymph node biopsy alone is noninferior to lymphadenectomy with respect to disease-free survival, according to a study published online Oct. 15 ...

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 ...

A meta-analysis of 13 studies showed that patients who underwent sentinel node biopsy had a significantly reduced risk of death from melanoma. In addition, an analysis of nine studies showed that the ...

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 ...

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 ...