A systematic review and meta-analysis of 37 cohort studies identifies primary tumor burden, pathological invasion, and biological markers associated with non-sentinel lymph node metastasis in breast ...

Axillary ultrasound and biopsy appear to be an effective strategy to identify nodal disease in patients with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer. A strategy using axillary ultrasound and biopsy ...

For patients diagnosed with breast cancer, determining whether cancer cells have spread to the axillary lymph nodes of the armpit is important for guiding treatment decisions. It has been debated ...

Phase I/II study evaluating the maximum tolerated dose, pharmacokinetics, safety, and efficacy of approved hyperthermia and lyso-thermosensitive liposomal doxorubicin in patients with breast cancer ...

This Canadian study included 111 women (median age 63 years), most of whom (90%, n=100) had invasive ductal carcinoma. Over the entire cohort, more than half (54%, n=60) underwent mastectomy and 46% ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN ANTONIO — Omission of completion axillary lymph node dissection did not increase recurrence among patients ...

Whether a tumor is lobular or a non-special type does not independently predict sentinel node status, as both histological groups demonstrate comparable frequencies of nodal spread and pathological ...

An interview with Dr. Muriel Brackstone from London Health Sciences Centre and Dr. Tari King from Dana Farber and Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, authors on “Management of the Axilla in Early-Stage ...

Axillary vein puncture guided by ultrasound, using a readily learned technique, was superior to cephalic vein dissection via cut-down for implantation of cardiac device leads in a small, multicenter, ...