Characteristic of penile cancer and prognostic factors of inguinal and pelvic lymph node involvement
Background: Penile cancer is a rare malignancy which inguinal and pelvic lymph node involvement plays a major role in patients' survival. The prognosis of patients with lymph node metastasis is poorer.
Kritanu Kultravut, Satit Siriboonrid
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Lymph node metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma from an unknown primary in the upper and middle neck: impact of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography [PDF]
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the potential of F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) imaging for detection of the primary tumor and its impact on treatment planning in patients presenting
Bonte, Katrien +3 more
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Background Pancreaticoduodenectomy is the only definitively curative therapy for the long-term survival of distal cholangiocarcinoma patients. Lymph node metastasis is widely accepted as an important prognostic factor for distal cholangiocarcinoma.
Shaocheng Lyu +5 more
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Optimization of the extent of surgical treatment in patients with stage I in cervical cancer [PDF]
The study included 26 patients with FIGO stage Ia1–Ib1 cervical cancer who underwent fertility-sparing surgery (transabdominaltrachelectomy). To visualize sentinel lymph nodes, lymphoscintigraphy with injection of 99mTc-labelled nanocolloid was performed
Chernyshova, A. L. +4 more
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Current status of sentinel lymph node biopsy in solid malignancies [PDF]
Lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node biopsy were first reported in 1977 by Cabanas for penile cancer. Since that time, the technique has become rapidly assimilated into clinical practice.
Goyal, Amit, Mansel, Robert E
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Incidence of lymph node metastases in clinical early-stage mucinous and seromucinous ovarian carcinoma: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]
Objective: The use of lymph node sampling during staging procedures in clinical early-stage mucinous ovarian carcinoma (MOC) is an ongoing matter of debate. Furthermore, the incidence of lymph node metastases (LNM) in MOC in relation to tumour grade (G)
Buist, M.R. +7 more
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Potential benefits of crawl position for prone radiation therapy in breast cancer [PDF]
Purpose: To investigate crawl position with the arm at the treated side alongside the body and at the opposite side above the head for prone treatment in patients requiring breast and regional lymph node irradiation. Methods: Patient support devices for
Boute, Bert +11 more
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Background Current literature lacks a comparison of lymph node metastases and non-pathological lymph nodes distribution in breast cancer patients. The aim of the current retrospective study was to generate a comprehensive atlas of the lymph node system ...
Kai J. Borm +8 more
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[Objectives] To summerize the clinical data of patients with colon cancer of hepatic flexure underwent infrapyloric lymph node dissection in laparoscopic extended right hemicolectomy with D3 lymph node dissection of right colon cancer, aiming to provide ...
Yi Xiaojiang +7 more
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Tissue Tropism in Host Transcriptional Response to Members of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex. [PDF]
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is the most common infectious disease of beef and dairy cattle and is characterized by a complex infectious etiology that includes a variety of viral and bacterial pathogens.
Behura, Susanta K +11 more
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