According to a new analysis, PLND does not impact recurrence-free survival but may reduce metastatic spread in intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer. The benefit of PLND is most evident in ...

Patients with breast cancer may be able to avoid lymphedema, which can occur after surgery to remove lymph nodes in the ...

The role of pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) in patients with localized prostate cancer remains controversial. Although guidelines are increasingly recommending extended PLND alongside radical ...

Recently, omission of axillary lymph node dissection among patients with early breast cancer has been found to have no detrimental effect on outcomes in most cases, continuing a trend toward less ...

Patients with early-stage breast cancer who had cancer detected in a sentinel lymph node biopsy had comparable 10-year recurrence and survival rates following either axillary radiotherapy or axillary ...

Ten-year findings suggest some patients may safely receive less treatment, potentially lowering side effects without raising ...

For years, surgery for patients with stage III melanoma - melanoma that has spread to the lymph nodes - involved removing those lymph nodes along with the primary tumor. Known as completion lymph node ...

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 ...

Future breast cancer treatment options may not only increase patients’ survival but also reduce or eliminate their need for surgery altogether, says breast cancer surgeon Sara Javid, MD, Fred ...