The axillary recurrence rate in the 115 patients (53%) who required further lymph node removal was 3.5%, with an overall ...

Total mesorectal excision (TME) is a specific surgical technique used in the treatment of rectal cancer in which the bowel with the tumor is entirely removed along with surrounding fat and lymph nodes ...

The axillary recurrence rate in the 115 patients (53%) who required further lymph node removal was 3.5%, with an overall ...

After surgery, you will have long-term surveillance (monitoring) for years. Retroperitoneal (REH-troh-PAYR-ih-toh-NEE-ul) lymph node dissection (RPLND) is a treatment for cancer. The retroperitoneal ...

You have a sentinel lymph node biopsy at the same time as a wide local excision. If you don’t have an SLNB, your doctor might ask you to have regular ultrasound scans of the lymph nodes. Doctors call ...

A large multicenter study has established that sentinel node tumor burden, according to the Rotterdam Criteria, is the most important prognostic factor for overall survival. The results of this ...

You usually have this test at the same time as a wide local excision. If your doctor can feel that the lymph nodes near the melanoma are swollen (enlarged), you usually have an ultrasound scan instead ...