Dr. Eva Singletary answers the question: 'What Effect Does Blue Dye Have?' — -- Question: What type of reactions are possible from the blue dye used in sentinel lymph node biopsy? Answer: The ...

The BOOG 2013-08 trial evaluates whether SLNB can be safely omitted for patients with clinically T1-2N0 treated with ...

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 ...

Slightly more women 70 years or older with these early breast cancers had chemo-qualifying Oncotype DX 21-gene recurrence scores (>26) if node positive than if node ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is a low-risk procedure that can reduce the need for complete lymph node ...

Dec. 13, 2004 (San Antonio) — Two large randomized clinical trials have found sentinel node biopsy to be as accurate as conventional axillary dissection while offering quality-of-life advantages to ...

Preoperative axillary ultrasound and MRI effectively predict sentinel lymph node status, guiding safe SLNB de-escalation in ...