In the current issue, Altgassen et al 1 report on a prospective multicenter study comprising the largest number of cervical cancer patients in a single study undergoing sentinel lymph node (SLN) ...

Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy for early cervical cancer achieved non-inferiority versus pelvic lymphadenectomy, according to results of a large randomized study from China. Patients assigned to SLN ...

Results from the PHENIX-I trial support skipping pelvic lymphadenectomy in women with early cervical cancer who have a negative sentinel lymph node biopsy. Omitting pelvic lymphadenectomy in these ...

June 10, 2009 (Orlando, Florida) — New research suggests that the majority of women with early-stage cervical cancer can safely undergo sentinel node biopsy to detect the spread of cancer instead of ...

A sentinel lymph node is a node or nodes that is likely to be the closest node draining a cancer, making it the earliest to show if a metastasis has occurred. Our surgical oncologists may biopsy or ...

Stem Cell Transplantation and Vinblastine Monotherapy for Relapsed Pediatric Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: Results of the International, Prospective ALCL-Relapse Trial In this phase III multicenter ...

Cervical lymph nodes are small nodes or glands in the neck. Swelling in the neck may indicate a nearby infection or other health condition. Treatment for cervical lymph nodes can depend on the cause.

Limited data are available on survival outcomes after sentinel-lymph-node biopsy alone as compared with lymphadenectomy in cervical cancer. In this multicenter, randomized, noninferiority trial, we ...