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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis demonstrates that human papillomavirus positivity in cervical cancer is associated with better overall, cancer-specific, and disease-free survival. HPV Types in ...

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 ...