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
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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
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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
David S. Ettinger, Wallace Akerley, Gerold Bepler, Matthew G. Blum, Andrew Chang, Richard T. Cheney, Lucian R. Chirieac, Thomas A. D'Amico, Todd L. Demmy, Apar Kishor P. Ganti, Ramaswamy Govindan, Frederic W. Grannis Jr., Thierry Jahan, Mohammad Jahanzeb, David H. Johnson, Anne Kessinger, Ritsuko Komaki, Feng-Ming Kong, Mark G. Kris, Lee M. Krug, Quynh-Thu Le, Inga T. Lennes, Renato Martins, Janis O'Malley, Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, Gregory A. Otterson, Jyoti D. Patel, Katherine M. Pisters, Karen Reckamp, Gregory J. Riely, Eric Rohren, George R. Simon, Scott J. Swanson, Douglas E. Wood, and Stephen C. Yang
to regional lymph nodes) or N1 (metastasis to lymph nodes in the ipsilateral peribronchial and/or hilar region, including direct extension) NSCLC disease. This study is evaluating whether complete mediastinal lymph node dissection results in better
William J. Gradishar, Benjamin O. Anderson, Ron Balassanian, Sarah L. Blair, Harold J. Burstein, Amy Cyr, Anthony D. Elias, William B. Farrar, Andres Forero, Sharon H. Giordano, Matthew P. Goetz, Lori J. Goldstein, Steven J. Isakoff, Janice Lyons, P. Kelly Marcom, Ingrid A. Mayer, Beryl McCormick, Meena S. Moran, Ruth M. O'Regan, Sameer A. Patel, Lori J. Pierce, Elizabeth C. Reed, Kilian E. Salerno, Lee S. Schwartzberg, Amy Sitapati, Karen Lisa Smith, Mary Lou Smith, Hatem Soliman, George Somlo, Melinda L. Telli, John H. Ward, Rashmi Kumar, and Dorothy A. Shead
should strongly be considered at the time of definitive surgery to avoid necessitating a full axillary lymph node dissection for evaluation of the axilla. 11 – 14 Complete axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is not recommended unless there is
Rajmohan Murali, Deborah F. Delair, Sarah M. Bean, Nadeem R. Abu-Rustum, and Robert A. Soslow
current FIGO staging scheme. 11 Another controversy related to surgical staging in endometrial cancer is the role of para-aortic lymph node dissection. It has been shown that the rate of isolated para-aortic lymph node involvement in the absence of
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absence of gross disease in level II nodes, lymph node dissection should include tissue inferior to the axillary vein from the latissimus dorsi muscle laterally to the medial border of the pectoralis minor muscle (level I and II; BINV-E, page 702
, MD 2 ; Sarah Hoffe, MD 2 ; Jacques Fontaine, MD 2 ; Jose Pimiento, MD 2 1 USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL; 2 Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL Background: Esophagectomy with lymph node dissection following neoadjuvant therapy is
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patient underwent a completion axillary lymph node dissection with 2 additional lymph nodes with melanoma involvement; extracapsular extension was not identified (TxN2b; AJCC stage IIIB). Detailed physical examination did not reveal a primary site of
