A green fluorescent dye beat the standard blue dye for mapping lymph nodes when the two were compared directly in women with uterine or cervical cancers. The finding comes from a phase 3 ...

Emma Rossi, MD, in the UNC Department of Obstetric and Gynecology's Division of Gynecologic Oncology, has published a study in Lancet Oncology online that identifies sentinel-lymph-node mapping as a ...

Outcome of trimodality-eligible esophagogastric cancer (EC) patients who declined surgery after preoperative chemoradiation. Background: Extended radical esophagectomy with three-field lymph node ...

The sentinel lymph node (SLN) is the lymph node that represents the 'gate-keeper' of the lymphatic basin; it is the first node to receive lymphatic drainage from the site of the primary tumor. SLN ...

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals announced data from its Phase 3 clinical study investigating 99m-Tc-Tilmanocept (Lymphoseek) in Sentinel Lymph Node (SLN) mapping in patients with head and neck squamous ...

BIDMC's cancer experts use sentinel node study to accurately pinpoint and remove lymph nodes affected by cancer. Learn more.

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals announced results from two Phase 3 clinical trials of Lymphoseek (technetium 99m tilmanocept) Injection in patients with melanoma of the skin, assessing the performance of ...

The Mayo Lung Cohort: A Regression Analysis Focusing on Lung Cancer Incidence and Mortality PURPOSE: Lymph node metastases are the most significant prognostic factor in localized non–small-cell lung ...

Has the cancer spread? That's the fear for anyone who is fighting breast cancer. But a new procedure called Spy Phi is helping to answer the question and save lives. "This is the area of the body ...

ANN ARBOR, MI – Patients who develop melanoma on their face, head or neck can have the same early-diagnosis surgical procedure to see if their cancer might spread as patients whose cancer is on less ...

Patients who develop melanoma on their face, head or neck can have the same early-diagnosis surgical procedure to see if their cancer might spread as patients whose cancer is on less delicate areas of ...