The prognostic stratification of patients with positive lymph nodes has been broadly discussed in the current literature and a more extensive pelvic lymph node dissection and thorough pathologic ...

Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy was adopted for the staging of the axilla with the assumption that it would reduce the risk of lymphedema in women with breast cancer. This study was undertaken to ...

Healthcare professionals may develop programs and tools to help breast cancer survivors manage lymphedema.

Lymphedema is a prevalent, incurable, and morbid condition with the potential to degrade the health and quality of life of patients living with cancer and beyond cancer. Effective long term control ...

Lymphedema occurring within 12 months was associated with axillary lymph node dissection (P<0.001), although onset after more than 12 months was associated with either regional nodal radiation or ...

The mammalian circulatory system comprises both the cardiovascular system and the lymphatic system. In contrast to the blood vascular circulation, the lymphatic system forms a unidirectional transit ...

A man in his late forties was examined for suspected cancer of the anal canal with spreading to inguinal lymph nodes. When biopsies failed to confirm malignant disease, other differential diagnoses ...

There is insufficient evidence that radiotherapy works as well as surgery for treating groin nodes in early vulvar cancer.

Previous studies have suggested that patients with >1 inguinal lymph node, those with bulky lymph nodes, pelvic lymph nodes, or peri-nodal extension, confers a poor prognosis. To date, there is no ...

The doctor will usually perform a lymph node dissection first. The nerve bundles will be released carefully from the prostate gland and the urethra (narrow channel through which urine passes from the ...