Sentinel lymph node biopsy noninferior to lymphadenectomy in cervical cancer

For patients with early-stage cervical cancer, sentinel lymph node biopsy alone is noninferior to lymphadenectomy with respect to disease-free survival, according to a study published online Oct. 15 ...
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Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Management of Breast Cancer

Lymphatic mapping, a recent technique first developed for the management of melanoma, is based on the concept that information about the status of the entire lymphatic drainage from a tumor site could ...
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Effect of sentinel lymph-node biopsy alone on the morbidity of the surgical treatment of early cervical cancer: Results from the prospective randomized study Senticol2.

MITO (Multicentre Italian Trials in Ovarian cancer): CERV 2 trial—A randomized phase II study of carboplatin and paclitaxel +/- cetuximab, in advanced and/or recurrent cervical cancer. This is an ASCO ...

New genomic test could spare some people with melanoma from lymph node biopsy surgery

A genomic test co-developed by Mayo Clinic and SkylineDx can identify whether people with melanoma are at low or high risk ...
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Sentinel lymph node biopsy may not be necessary for some older women with breast cancer

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Similar proportions of older women with node-negative and node-positive early breast cancer had Oncotype Dx ...
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Gene Test Might Spare Biopsy Surgery For Some Melanoma Patients

MONDAY, Oct. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An already-available genetic test might spare some melanoma patients from a surgical ...
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No Apparent Harm From Omitting Lymph Node Dissection in Selected Breast Cancers

SAN ANTONIO -- Patients with early breast cancer who skipped axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) lived just as long as those who underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), the randomized INSEMA ...
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Gene Expression Profile Test IDs Patients Who Can Skip SLNB in Melanoma

Of patients identified as low risk by combined clinicopathological factors and GEP test, only 7.1% were SLN-positive.
Cure Today

Delayed Surgery Possible With Surveillance in Patients With Sentinel Lymph Node Positive Melanoma

Active surveillance in sentinel lymph node positive melanoma could delay surgery but may result in the same risk of the cancer coming back. Ultrasound monitoring may be an alternative to surgical ...
Cure Today

Sentinel nodes: A convergence of knowledge from different trials

One of the most important incremental steps in breast cancer has been to lessen the amount of axillary surgery that is needed to stage breast cancer. Sentinel node biopsy appears to lead a much lower ...
Nature

Should sentinel lymph-node biopsy be used routinely for staging melanoma and breast cancers?

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 ...
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DecisionDx test can help identify sentinel lymph node risk

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Up to 88% of sentinel lymph node biopsies (SNLB) return with a negative result. The DecisionDx-Melanoma test, ...