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Study suggests PET not yet ready for disease staging.
2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Despite its promise as a noninvasive method for diagnosing cancers, positron emission tomography (PET) is not sensitive enough for evaluating lymph node status in patients with breast cancer and should not serve as an alternative to sentinel lymph node biopsy, researchers conclude in a commentary in the July 16, 2003, issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Ulrich Guller, MD, of the University of Basel in Switzerland, and Markus Zuber, MD, of the Kantonsspital Olten in Switzerland, and colleagues reviewed the current literature on the sensitivity of PET scanning in detecting lymph node ...
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- Newspaper article from: Clinical Oncology Week June 28, 2004 700+ words
...net) -- FDG-PET is not suitable for lymph node metastasis testing...tomography (FDG-PET) findings were compared...results of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNB...the value of FDG-PET in predicting regional lymph node involvement in patients...
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...be seen with complete lymph node dissection and identifies...node biopsy of sentinel lymph node metastasis is associated...patients who develop clinical lymph node recurrence. Dr. Gershenwald...emission tomography (FDG-PET), which has been shown...
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...staging, facilitates early lymph node dissection in patients...therapy. "Melanoma is a lymph node seeking disease," Dr...rarely skip the closest lymph node to invade more distant...extensive disease on a PET scan, just as there are...
- Clinician diligence makes the difference in managing lymph node metastasis.
- Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly June 3, 2004 700+ words
...difference in managing lymph node metastasis. According...from Italy, "cervical lymph node metastases of squamous...emission tomography (PET) with fluoro-2-deoxy...approaches include surgery (lymph node excision or neck dissection...
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer.
- Magazine article from: AORN Journal KELLAR, STEPHANIE J. August 1, 2001 700+ words
...heralded a new era in surgery. Sentinel lymph node biopsy is one of the new technologies...utilization.(1) WHAT IS SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY? The lymphatic system disseminates...region. The sentinel node is the first lymph node in a regional lymphatic basin to receive...
- Sentinel lymph node biopsy using lymphoscintigraphy.
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...interdisciplinary approach. Sentinel lymph node biopsy commonly is used for patients...There are other applications for sentinel lymph node biopsy, but this article focuses on...embolize, and are carried toward a lymph node, where they become trapped.(2) Lymph...
- The number of lymph node metastases predicts cure after thyroid cancer surgery.
- Newspaper article from: Biotech Week July 2, 2003 700+ words
...amp; NewsRx.net) -- The number of lymph node metastases predicts cure after thyroid...thyroidectomy with central and bilateral lymph node dissection," scientists writing in...Metabolism report. "At histology, lymph node metastases were found in 55% of patients...
- Inadequate Lymph Node Resections in Colorectal Cancer Surgery.(Clinical report)
- Newspaper article from: Clinical Oncology Alert March 1, 2005 700+ words
Inadequate Lymph Node Resections in Colorectal Cancer Surgery...variability. The implications of inadequate lymph node resection are considerable with regard...Cancer Inst. 2005;97:219-225. Lymph node status is the strongest predictor of...
