A longstanding approach to surgeries for children with kidney tumors has been an abundance of caution. While a growing body of evidence demonstrates that children who have extended lymph node sampling ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Thoracic surgeons were fired up about minimum expectations for surgical lymph node assessment in conjunction with lung cancer resection during a debate at the Society of Thoracic ...

Invasion Factors uPA/PAI-1 and HER2 Status Provide Independent and Complementary Information on Patient Outcome in Node-Negative Breast Cancer Purpose: We postulate that surgical sampling and ...

NEW ORLEANS -- More extensive N1 lymph node assessment may better guide therapy after non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) resections with curative intent, real-world data suggested. The more N1 ...

Lymph nodes are located throughout the body. They are small, bean-shaped glands that play a crucial role in the immune system. During an infection, a person may notice swollen lymph nodes. The body ...

Endometrial cancer is staged surgically. In addition to the stage of the disease and histologic type, the degree of differentiation influences management. [3] This meta-analysis was based on the ...