cancer and suggest that pelvic lymph node dissection can be safely avoided in a significant proportion of early-stage cases. 29 – 40 In a meta-analysis of data from 1112 patients with cervical cancer who underwent SLN biopsy, pooled data generated a
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Wui-Jin Koh, Benjamin E. Greer, Nadeem R. Abu-Rustum, Sachin M. Apte, Susana M. Campos, Kathleen R. Cho, Christina Chu, David Cohn, Marta Ann Crispens, Oliver Dorigo, Patricia J. Eifel, Christine M. Fisher, Peter Frederick, David K. Gaffney, Ernest Han, Warner K. Huh, John R. Lurain III, David Mutch, Amanda Nickles Fader, Steven W. Remmenga, R. Kevin Reynolds, Nelson Teng, Todd Tillmanns, Fidel A. Valea, Catheryn M. Yashar, Nicole R. McMillian, and Jillian L. Scavone
Lucy X. Ma, Elan D. Panov, Michael J. Allen, Gail E. Darling, Jonathan C. Yeung, Carol J. Swallow, Savtaj S. Brar, Rebecca K. Wong, Patrick Veit-Haibach, Sangeetha N. Kalimuthu, Eric X. Chen, Raymond W. Jang, and Elena Elimova
sought to elucidate the role of CRT in 458 patients who underwent curative resection with D2 lymph node dissection. 21 Following surgery, patients were randomized to receive chemotherapy alone (6 cycles of capecitabine + cisplatin [XP]) or chemotherapy
Vishwajith Sridharan, Vinayak Muralidhar, Danielle N. Margalit, Roy B. Tishler, James A. DeCaprio, Manisha Thakuria, Guilherme Rabinowits, and Jonathan D. Schoenfeld
node dissection was associated with improved survival on univariate analysis (HR, 0.8; 95% CI, 0.68–0.94; P =.005), but this parameter was not significant on multivariate analysis. Interestingly, even when examining the more modern subgroup of patients
Yue Chen, Zi-Qi Zheng, Fo-Ping Chen, Jian-Ye Yan, Xiao-Dan Huang, Feng Li, Ying Sun, and Guan-Qun Zhou
free cervical flaps for repair. The extent of lymph node dissection was at the surgeon's discretion, mainly based on the patients’ medical histories, clinical palpation, imaging data, and intraoperative exploration. If there were several clinically
Wui-Jin Koh, Benjamin E. Greer, Nadeem R. Abu-Rustum, Sachin M. Apte, Susana M. Campos, John Chan, Kathleen R. Cho, David Cohn, Marta Ann Crispens, Nefertiti DuPont, Patricia J. Eifel, Amanda Nickles Fader, Christine M. Fisher, David K. Gaffney, Suzanne George, Ernest Han, Warner K. Huh, John R. Lurain III, Lainie Martin, David Mutch, Steven W. Remmenga, R. Kevin Reynolds, William Small Jr, Nelson Teng, Todd Tillmanns, Fidel A. Valea, Nicole McMillian, and Miranda Hughes
base decisions regarding adjuvant treatment for select patients who do not have medical or technical contraindications to lymph node dissection (see “Lymphadenectomy Controversy,” next column, and “Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping” in the complete version of
Wui-Jin Koh, Nadeem R. Abu-Rustum, Sarah Bean, Kristin Bradley, Susana M. Campos, Kathleen R. Cho, Hye Sook Chon, Christina Chu, David Cohn, Marta Ann Crispens, Shari Damast, Oliver Dorigo, Patricia J. Eifel, Christine M. Fisher, Peter Frederick, David K. Gaffney, Suzanne George, Ernest Han, Susan Higgins, Warner K. Huh, John R. Lurain III, Andrea Mariani, David Mutch, Christa Nagel, Larissa Nekhlyudov, Amanda Nickles Fader, Steven W. Remmenga, R. Kevin Reynolds, Todd Tillmanns, Stefanie Ueda, Emily Wyse, Catheryn M. Yashar, Nicole R. McMillian, and Jillian L. Scavone
retrospective studies have suggested that it is beneficial. 57 – 59 Two randomized clinical trials from Europe reported that routine lymph node dissection did not improve the outcome of endometrial cancer patients, but lymphadenectomy did identify those with
Crystal S. Denlinger, Tara Sanft, K. Scott Baker, Gregory Broderick, Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, Debra L. Friedman, Mindy Goldman, Melissa Hudson, Nazanin Khakpour, Allison King, Divya Koura, Robin M. Lally, Terry S. Langbaum, Allison L. McDonough, Michelle Melisko, Jose G. Montoya, Kathi Mooney, Javid J. Moslehi, Tracey O'Connor, Linda Overholser, Electra D. Paskett, Jeffrey Peppercorn, William Pirl, M. Alma Rodriguez, Kathryn J. Ruddy, Paula Silverman, Sophia Smith, Karen L. Syrjala, Amye Tevaarwerk, Susan G. Urba, Mark T. Wakabayashi, Phyllis Zee, Nicole R. McMillian, and Deborah A. Freedman-Cass
cancers, the incidence of lymphedema 2 years after surgery was 37%. 66 In one study of 431 survivors of melanoma who had been treated with complete lymph node dissection and/or wide local excision and axillary or inguinal sentinel lymph node surgery, the
Robert J. Motzer, Eric Jonasch, Neeraj Agarwal, Sam Bhayani, William P. Bro, Sam S. Chang, Toni K. Choueiri, Brian A. Costello, Ithaar H. Derweesh, Mayer Fishman, Thomas H. Gallagher, John L. Gore, Steven L. Hancock, Michael R. Harrison, Won Kim, Christos Kyriakopoulos, Chad LaGrange, Elaine T. Lam, Clayton Lau, M. Dror Michaelson, Thomas Olencki, Phillip M. Pierorazio, Elizabeth R. Plimack, Bruce G. Redman, Brian Shuch, Brad Somer, Guru Sonpavde, Jeffrey Sosman, Mary Dwyer, and Rashmi Kumar
location. Laparoscopic, robotic, and open partial nephrectomy all offer comparable outcomes in the hands of skilled surgeons. Patients in satisfactory medical condition should undergo surgical excision of stage I–III tumors. Lymph Node Dissection
Al B. Benson III, Michael I. D’Angelica, Thomas A. Abrams, Chandrakanth Are, P. Mark Bloomston, Daniel T. Chang, Bryan M. Clary, Anne M. Covey, William D. Ensminger, Renuka Iyer, R. Kate Kelley, David Linehan, Mokenge P. Malafa, Steven G. Meranze, James O. Park, Timothy Pawlik, James A. Posey, Courtney Scaife, Tracey Schefter, Elin R. Sigurdson, G. Gary Tian, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, Alan P. Venook, Yun Yen, Andrew X. Zhu, Karin G. Hoffmann, Nicole R. McMillian, and Hema Sundar
resectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. 77 A portal lymphadenectomy is reasonable because it provides accurate staging information. However, very few data support the therapeutic benefit of routine lymph node dissection in patients undergoing surgery
Damon Reed, Ragini Kudchadkar, Jonathan S. Zager, Vernon K. Sondak, and Jane L. Messina
regarding the exact prognostic significance of a microscopically positive node. 56 A positive sentinel node raises the suspicion of additional nodal disease in the remainder of the basin. Factors to consider when deciding on completion lymph node dissection
