breast tumor and levels I and II axillary lymph node dissections ALND are widely performed.1 However-vivo methylene-blue-dyed sen- tinel lymph nodes embedded in 3.2-cm-thick chicken breast tissues. The UOT system- tinel lymph nodes in breast cancer ...

... same side of the diaphragm are involved. Stage III � Lymph node regions or structures on both sides of the diaphragm ... stage II) Stage III Involvement of lymph node regions on both sides of the diaphragm (stage III) Stage IV Involvement of one or more organs ...

Since 1971, a prospective treatment regimen for primary cutaneous malignant melanoma performed by a single clinician has revealed the following early observations: 1) A significantly higher number of females with level II disease; 2) No recurrences or metastases to date in 29 patients with level II lesions treated by appropriate surgery; 3) The apparent ...

In melanoma patients lymph node metastasis is an important prognostic factor that indicates the need for therapeutic lymph node dissection. Preoperative lymphoscintigraphy mapping associated with radioguided sentinel lymph node biopsy has become a well established procedure ...

An endolymphatic therapy with radioisotopes is performed on rabbits with phosphorus-32-labeled-tri-N-octyl-phosphate in Lipiodol and with iodine-125- labeled-triolein in Lipiodol. This therapy is applied equally to 9 healthy animals and to 19 animals with metastases in the lymph nodes. The VX/sub 2/- tumor on rabbits was chosen as the experimental ...

A series of experiments compared the uptake of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl) porphinato (/sup 67/Cu) copper(II), /sup 67/CuTCPP, by the lymph nodes of inflamed and two sets or control rats. The results demonstrate that /sup 67/CuTCPP localizes in greater concentration in inflamed lymph ...

Purpose: The delineation of radiation fields should cover the clinical target volume (CTV) and minimally irradiate the surrounding normal tissues and organs. This study was designed to explore the pattern of lymphatic metastasis of breast cancer and indications for radiotherapy after radical or modified radical mastectomy and to discuss the rational delineation of radiation fields. Methods and ...

Purpose: To analyze the cranial distribution of level II lymph nodes in patients with laryngeal cancer to optimize the elective radiation nodal target volume delineation. Methods and Materials: The most cranially located metastatic lymph node was delineated in 67 diagnostic CT data sets. The ...

... Eventually, these organisms are destroyed and eliminated by cells that line the walls of the lymph nodes and the swelling and ...

The lymphatic system is a network of tissues and organs. It is made up mainly of lymph vessels, lymph nodes and lymph. Lymph vessels, which are different ...

lymph node mapping for imaging micrometastases in the lymph nodes of the axilla, internal mammary nodes

� negative breast cancer; ER�, estrogen receptor�positive breast cancer; N0, negative lymph node involvement, II, III�IV, and not definable due to unknown lymph nodal involvement [or tumor size]), and calendar receptor status (except for women with negative lymph ...

Stage II colorectal carcinoma is characterized by negative lymph node pathology as determined by conventional microscopic examination. These patients generally do not receive adjuvant therapy although 20%-30% will die from metastatic disease. To determine whether K-ras mutations at codon 12 could be used as a sensitive indicator of ...

The objective of the study was to evaluate the incidence of level IIb lymph node metastases in neck dissections for thyroid papillary carcinoma (TPC) patients. 47 neck dissections of 33 patients with TPC were prospectively evaluated. Selective neck dissections (levels II, III, IV, and V) were performed in all cases. If level I ...

... Molecular Mechanism of Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer ... Molecular Mechanism of Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer 5b. ...

... performed on a lymph node to identify microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, and fungi) that cause infection and lymph node ... a special dish and watched to see if bacteria, fungi, or viruses grow. This is called a culture. Sometimes special ...

An algorithm was developed to predict lymph node metastasis in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma. To improve the diagnostic accuracy of lymph node status, we suggest a criterion for the prediction of lymph node status by combining clinical and molecular ...

BACKGROUND:: Maintenance of the blood supply to the lymph nodes is necessary for survival and function. We report the outcome of vascularized lymph node transfer with hilar perforators compared with the conventional technique. PATIENTS:: A total of 21 patients affected by early stage II upper ...

A 38-year-old man with a history of renal transplantation presented with a 3-month history of bilateral neck swelling. Ultrasonography of the neck showed multiple enlarged lymph nodes at the bilateral neck. Histologic examination of a specimen from an excisional biopsy at right level II cervical lymph ...

Research was carried out on 90 white ntice subjected to x irradiation (Series I), vaccination with a brucellosis vaccine (Series II), and to a combined action of these factors (Series III and IV). The spleen and lymph nodes were studied both morphologically and histochemically. When exposing the mice to a total x-ray dose of ...

The factors relating to lymph node metastasis occurring in association with carcinoma of the tongue have been investigated clinically and histopathologically by many authors. Nevertheless, accuracy in predicting lymph node metastasis has not yet been attained. The present study describes the results of analysis ...