In the past, all staging systems for gastric cancer defined N stage by location of node metastases relative to the primary (Hermanek and Sobin, 1992; JRSGC, 1995). In order to simplify the pN ...

Study finds lower mortality rates associated with excisions of higher numbers of lymph nodes in patients with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer. Removal of greater numbers of lymph nodes ...

The number of positive axillary nodes is a strong prognostic factor in breast cancer, but is affected by variability in nodal staging technique yielding varying numbers of excised nodes. The nodal ...

A new classification of dynamic CT images predictive of malignant characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma. Methods: 22 patients with thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma underwent ...

SCINCE its introduction by Daniels 1 in 1949 the technic of prescalene-lymph-node biopsy has gained favor as a means of studying intrathoracic disease. The simplicity of the method has permitted its ...

Table 1 provides a summary of published studies evaluating the application of nodal ratios in prognostication and management in a range of breast cancer settings. Postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) in ...