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of ascitic fluid or peritoneal lavage, total abdominal hysterectomy, omentectomy, aortic and pelvic lymph node dissection, and complete debulking of any visible tumor (which may include bowel, liver, distal pancreatic resection, partial cystectomy

we should surveil them.” Lymph Node Dissection Dr. Boland reminded clinicians that many patients with early-stage disease can be cured with surgery alone. Management of this patient population begins with a wide local excision and in some cases

biopsy (SLNB) for breast cancer: a population-based evaluation . Ann Surg Oncol 2013 ; 20 : 615 – 619 . 23. Giuliano AE McCall L Beitsch P . Locoregional recurrence after sentinel lymph node dissection with or without axillary dissection in

retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND), although RPLND is reserved for specialty centers and is currently less often used. 6 All 3 strategies are well studied, and adjuvant BEP chemotherapy versus RPLND was subjected to a prospective randomized study by

-term survival. Lymph node dissection is not considered therapeutic but does provide prognostic information, because virtually all patients with nodal involvement subsequently relapse with distant metastases despite lymphadenectomy. The updated EORTC phase III

recommendations for situations where axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) can be omitted in women with stages I, II, and IIIA (T3N1M0) breast cancer; for whole-breast radiation therapy (WBRT) using hypofractionation, updates regarding accelerated partial breast

Cisplatin-based chemotherapy 22 and retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) 23 – 25 are the cornerstones of nonseminoma management. Radiation treatment is generally reserved for patients with symptomatic metastases that are resistant to chemotherapy

for Breast Cancer. “An incredible amount of progress has been made in surgical procedures and treatment based on tumor characteristics.” From a surgical standpoint, said Dr. Gradishar, axillary lymph node dissection was the standard of care in 1996

after gastrectomy for gastric cancer: data from a large US-population database . J Clin Oncol 2005 ; 23 : 7114 – 7124 . 21. Bonenkamp JJ Hermans J Sasako M . Extended lymph-node dissection for gastric cancer. Dutch Gastric Cancer Group

. Therefore, chemotherapy was discontinued and she underwent a robot-assisted radical cystectomy with open construction of an ileal neobladder and an extended bilateral pelvic lymph node dissection. Figure 1 CT scan showing irregular necrotic mass at