Accurate staging by sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is essential for improving prognostic outcomes of canine mammary tumors (CMT). Indocyanine green near-infrared fluorescence (ICG-NIRF) imaging ...

August 7, 2009 — Adding 1% lidocaine to the radiocolloid injections used in sentinel- lymph-node (SLN) mapping in patients with early breast cancer significantly improves patient comfort during the ...

Determining whether breast cancer has spread to sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) is key to prognosis and treatment, making SLN mapping critical. The blue dyes commonly used to identify SLNs spread quickly ...

Prospective Randomized Trial of the Treatment of Patients With Metastatic Melanoma Using Chemotherapy With Cisplatin, Dacarbazine, and Tamoxifen Alone or in Combination With Interleukin-2 and ...

Trends of Utilization of Systemic Therapies for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Canadian Health Care System Lymph node involvement is one of the most important factors influencing recurrence ...

The sentinel lymph node (SLN) is the lymph node that represents the 'gate-keeper' of the lymphatic basin; it is the first node to receive lymphatic drainage from the site of the primary tumor. SLN ...

Endometrial cancer (EC) has an increasing incidence worldwide, with lymph node metastases as the main prognostic factor. Systemic lymphadenectomy is connected with elevated morbidity. Sentinel lymph ...

A recent study demonstrates the effectiveness and safety of Tc-99m-rituximab, a new SLN radiotracer, that targets the antigen CD20, which is expressed extensively in lymph nodes. Determining whether ...