Omission of surgical axillary staging is noninferior to sentinel-lymph-node biopsy for patients with clinically node-negative ...

The phase III SOUND trial randomized patients with early breast cancer and a negative axillary ultrasound to SLNB or no ...

INSEMA and SOUND are among four trials designed to evaluate omission of SLNB in patients with clinically node-negative early ...

Intraoperative frozen biopsy and sentinel lymph nodes technique have not shown sufficient accuracy to avoid extended lymphadenectomy, due to the significant rates of skip lymphatic metastasis.

Omitting axillary SLNB does not impact outcomes in patients with early invasive breast cancer undergoing breast-conserving surgery, data suggest.

Shelley Hwang of Duke University School of Medicine. Women having surgery for breast cancer often also have what’s called a ...

Cancers of the mouth and oropharynx can spread to lymph nodes in your neck. Your surgeon might remove some or all of the lymph nodes in your neck. Lymph nodes are small bean shaped glands found ...