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
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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
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
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
, 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
Arif Kamal, Tian Zhang, Steve Power, and P. Kelly Marcom
false-positives and unnecessary invasive procedures. 6 – 8 For example, PET/CT has been shown to be less sensitive for the detection of axillary lymph node metastases than axillary lymph node dissection or even physical examination. 9 Finally, advanced
Michelle T. Ashworth and Adil Daud
chest, abdomen, and pelvis identified no other lesions, and results of a complete right inguinal lymph node dissection were negative. The patient was treated with adjuvant radiotherapy (XRT), complicated by a nonhealing ulcer for 1 year and persistent
Douglas B. Johnson and Jeffrey A. Sosman
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
Namratha Vontela, Vamsi Koduri, Lee S. Schwartzberg, and Gregory A. Vidal
ductal carcinoma of the breast in 2007. She received neoadjuvant chemotherapy with dose-dense doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, and paclitaxel, and subsequently underwent a lumpectomy and axillary lymph node dissection showing residual carcinoma. After whole
Daniel G. Coit, John A. Thompson, Robert Andtbacka, Christopher J. Anker, Christopher K. Bichakjian, William E. Carson III, Gregory A. Daniels, Adil Daud, Dominick DiMaio, Martin D. Fleming, Rene Gonzalez, Valerie Guild, Allan C. Halpern, F. Stephen Hodi Jr, Mark C. Kelley, Nikhil I. Khushalani, Ragini R. Kudchadkar, Julie R. Lange, Mary C. Martini, Anthony J. Olszanski, Merrick I. Ross, April Salama, Susan M. Swetter, Kenneth K. Tanabe, Vijay Trisal, Marshall M. Urist, Nicole R. McMillian, and Maria Ho
as an isolated site of relapse underwent therapeutic lymph node dissection followed by either adjuvant radiation to the nodal basin or observation. 5 Eligible patients were required to have a lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) level less than 1.5 times the
Kevin S. Scher, Juan-Sebastian Saldivar, Michael Fishbein, Alberto Marchevsky, and Karen L. Reckamp
node dissection. Pathology results showed a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma without evidence of squamous histology in any of the specimens. Margins were focally positive at the hilar and perivascular soft tissue margin. Of the 10 sampled lymph
