Sentinal lymph node biopsy remains controversial

Dermatology Times;  February 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......prognosis just like lymph node metastases. Q...examining regional lymph nodes when we know that...laboratory studies on lymph node biology. He studied...cells entered the lymph nodes and stay there...disease in their lymph nodes. This would ...

Current Concepts in Lymph Node Imaging*

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......in non-enlarged lymph nodes and not all enlarged...cancer staging; lymph node imaging; lymph node metastasis; malignant...T), regional lymph node involvement (N...and staging of lymph nodes is important as...for imaging the lymph node groups ...

Broad lymph node removal improves melanoma survival

Dermatology Times;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......improve as more lymph nodes are removed...removing all lymph nodes," said Richard...highest quartile of lymph nodes removed and in...have a thorough lymph node dissection, not just a few lymph nodes removed," said...affects his or her lymph ...

Magnetic resonance techniques in lymph node imaging

Applied Radiology;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......malignancy in lymph nodes, limiting accuracy...metastasis in a normal lymph node, as reduced specificity...or infectious lymph node enlargement...characterization of a benign lymph node as malignant...assessment of regional lymph node metastasis. ...

Turning the tide in sentinel lymph nodes

Dermatology Times;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......past, (sentinel) lymph nodes were regarded as...immune-suppressed. The sentinel lymph node is the most likely...in the sentinel lymph nodes" He says that melanoma-specif...immediate complete lymph node dissection (CLND...says that sentinel lymph nodes are ...

Lymphoscintigraphy and intraoperative lymphatic mapping of sentinel lymph...

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology;  December 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......radiologists that a lymph node is abnormal if...Unfortunately lymph nodes may harbor metastases...or absence of lymph node metastases. Once in the lymph nodes, melanoma can...involved a total lymph node dissection (TLND...removing all the lymph ...

Pathologic evaluation of sentinel lymph nodes in colorectal carcinoma

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  December 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......However, routine lymph node dissection by...such sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) has been...identification of lymph node metastasis in...remove regional lymph nodes as a component...identify regional lymph node metastasis, some...minimum number of lymph ...

Lymph node infarction: An immunohistochemical study of 11 cases

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......in cases of lymph node infarction...of infarcted lymph nodes may provide...of infarcted lymph nodes, we studied 11 cases of lymph node infarction of...Lymph Nodes Lymph nodes with a diagnosis of lymph node infarction or...

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer Management.

American Family Physician;  January 15, 2000 ;     427 words ......single sentinel lymph node identified...of sentinel lymph nodes examined was...minutes. Axillary lymph node dissection...more than 26 lymph nodes on pathologic...in only that lymph node. Sentinel lymph nodes were negative...

Megakaryocytes mimicking metastic breast carcinoma: A potential trap in...

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......False-positive diagnosis of lymph nodes occurs when a benign element in a lymph node, or in its capsule...abnormalities in lymph nodes may be mistaken...glands in the lymph node capsule, and multinucleated...C and D). The lymph nodes also ...

Clinical usefulness of telomerase assay for the detection of lymph node...

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  March 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......the detection of lymph node micrometastasis...Sixteen cervical lymph nodes with metastasis...levels as benign lymph nodes. Conclusions...the detection of lymph node metastasis in...activity in cervical lymph nodes obtained from...value in detecting ...

Study clarifies source of lymph node swelling in infections.

M2 Presswire;  October 25, 2005 ;     383 words ......Study clarifies source of lymph node swelling in infections(C...Contrary to popular belief, lymph nodes swell due to recruitment...this is not the case. The lymph nodes swell due to recruitment...arteriole supplying blood to that lymph node. The arteriole, which ...

GEWF solution: An inexpensive, simple, and effective aid for the retrieval...

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  May 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...* Background-Lymph node status is an important prognostic factor...to increase the yield of pericolic lymph nodes from colorectal cancer resection specimens...patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), and lymph node status has a pivotal role in the staging...

Mechanised one-day fat clearance method to increase the lymph node yield...

British Journal of Biomedical Science;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......state that all lymph nodes in a colorectal...visualise the lymph nodes. Methods of...neoplasms. Lymph node excision. Tissue...numbers of lymph nodes in colorectal...recommends that all lymph nodes of whatever...12 or more lymph nodes; ...

Clinical impact of micrometastasis of the lymph node in gastric cancer

The American Surgeon;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......A total of 4203 lymph nodes were examined in...cancer patients. Lymph node metastasis was...patients who underwent lymph node dissection. Gastric...six metastatic lymph nodes all had nodal micrometastasis...patients showed lymph node metastasis in ...