Ultrasonography and CT beat physical exam for nodal metastasis detection in patients with high-risk skin cancer but show poor sensitivity in immunosuppressed patients.

For patients with breast cancer treated with preoperative chemotherapy, residual tumour burden in lymph nodes is the strongest prognostic factor. However, conventional pathological examination has ...

July 17, 2012 — A thorough lymph node examination can enhance the detection of unexpected metastatic disease in patients with nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but current practices are suboptimal, ...

International, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Phase III Study of Motesanib Plus Carboplatin/Paclitaxel in Patients With Advanced Nonsquamous Non–Small ...

NEW ORLEANS — January 31, 2026 — Breakthrough research presented at the 2026 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting shows that additional lymph node evaluation is needed during surgery for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A higher number of examined lymph nodes resulted in more accurate node staging and improved long-term survival ...

A sentinel lymph node is defined as the first lymph node on the lymphatic drainage pathway from the primary tumor site. In cutaneous melanoma, the pathological status of the sentinel lymph node has ...

As a result, higher hospital lymph node examination rates did not result in greater detection of patients with node-positive tumors or higher rates of adjuvant chemotherapy." "Using lymph node counts ...

Retrospective and observational analyses suggest that occult lymph-node metastases are an important prognostic factor for disease recurrence or survival among patients with breast cancer. Prospective ...

International, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Phase III Study of Motesanib Plus Carboplatin/Paclitaxel in Patients With Advanced Nonsquamous Non–Small ...