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 ...

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 ...

A new imaging dye, already approved for lymph node mapping in breast cancer and melanoma, is useful in patients with head and neck cancer, according to a new study. When used in conjunction with ...

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 ...

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 ...

Trends of Utilization of Systemic Therapies for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Canadian Health Care System Lymph node involvement is one of the most important factors influencing recurrence ...

Impact of adjuvant chemotherapy on outcomes after curative-intent surgery for biliary tract cancer: A 10-year retrospective single-center study. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2024 ASCO ...

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 ...