melanoma has been guided by many multicenter randomized trials that have shaped management decisions. Treatment has evolved from elective lymph node dissections to newer strategies identifying the most at-risk patients through sentinel lymph node (SLN
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extensive lymph node dissection: metastatic lymph nodes in papillary carcinoma of the thyroid] . Nippon Geka Gakkai Zasshi 1986 ; 87 : 883 – 888 [in Japanese] . 5. Tisell LE Nilsson B Molne J . Improved survival of patients with papillary
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Objective: The primary objective was to evaluate seroma formation in a comparison between the lymphatic ligation technique and conventional axillary lymph node dissection. The secondary objective was to evaluate the factors affecting seroma
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Background Surgical management of invasive breast cancer has moved toward less-invasive measures, including axillary management. Axillary lymph node dissection is associated with significant morbidity and complications (wound infections, seromas
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biopsy. After a diagnosis of stage III disease based on SLN biopsy, the previous version of the NCCN Guidelines stated that these patients should undergo complete lymph node dissection (CLND). “’The questions we had to ask were, ‘Is that something we
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second most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide. In 2013, an estimated 21,600 new cases will be diagnosed and 10,990 people will die of the disease in United States. 1 Surgery with lymph node dissection is the primary treatment for patients
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Gschwend JE Herr HW . Pelvic lymph node dissection can be curative in patients with node positive bladder cancer . J Urol 1999 ; 161 : 449 – 454 . 7. Leissner J Ghoneim MA Abol-Enein H . Extended radical lymphadenectomy in patients with
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retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in the management of testicular cancer . Urol Oncol 2004 ; 22 : 225 – 233 . 10 Fisher B Anderson S Bryant J . Twenty-year follow-up of a randomized trial comparing total mastectomy, lumpectomy, and lumpectomy
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trial, combined with the results of the NSABP B-06 trials, changed the standard therapy from radical mastectomy to breast-conserving therapy, with axillary lymph node dissection (AND) performed for staging and local control. 2 In 1994, sentinel lymph
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below it. Dose reductions, holds, and discontinuations, and palliative radiotherapies are not shown for the sake of simplicity. Abbreviations: LND, lymph node dissection; RT, radiation therapy. for phase I clinical trials and limited