Salvage lymph node dissection for nodal recurrent prostate cancer : a systematic review
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Whole pelvis radiotherapy for pathological node-positive prostate cancer
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Purpose: The goal of this work was to investigate the oncological outcome of whole pelvis radiotherapy (wpRT) in pathologic pelvic lymph node-positive (pN1) prostate cancer (PCa), evaluate the location of relapse, and identify potential prognostic factors. Patients and methods: All patients undergoing pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) since the y...
Incidence of lymph node metastases in clinical early-stage mucinous and seromucinous ovarian carcinoma : a retrospective...
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) is unknown. We aimed to determine the incidence of LNM in clinical early-stage MOC per tumour gr...
Incidence of lymph node metastases in apparent early-stage low-grade epithelial ovarian cancer: a comprehensive review
Objectives: This study aimed to determine the incidence of lymph node (LN) metastases in presumed stage I-II low-grade epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Methods: Eligible studies were identified from MEDLINE and EMBASE (time frame, 2015–1975), that analyzed patients with clinical or radiologic presumed early-stage EOC who underwent a complete pelvic...
Comparison of intraoperative γ-probe imaging and postoperative SPECT/CT in detection of sentinel nodes related to the ov...
Tracer injection into ovarian ligaments has been shown to detect sentinel nodes (SNs) in patients with ovarian cancer. To determine the possibility that SNs are missed, this feasibility study compared their detection during surgery with their detection on postoperative SPECT/CT. Methods: In 8 patients (with either ovarian or endometrial cancer), af...
Tumor recurrence and in-field control after multimodality treatment of locally advanced esophageal cancer
Contemporary minimally-invasive extended pelvic lymph node dissection for prostate cancer before curative radiotherapy: ...
OBJECTIVES: To prospectively assess contemporary complication rates of minimally-invasive staging pelvic lymph node dissection before curative radiotherapy for prostate cancer using a standardized classification. METHODS: A total of 100 prostate cancer patients underwent laparoscopic or robot-assisted pelvic lymph node dissection (95% extended). Su...
Sentinel node in ovarian cancer : study protocol for a phase 1 study
Background: The concept of sentinel lymph node surgery is to determine whether the cancer has spread to the very first lymph node or sentinel node. If the sentinel node does not contain cancer, then there is a high likelihood that the cancer has not spread to other lymph nodes. The sentinel node technique has been proven to be effective in differen...
Sentinel node procedures in gynecologic cancers: an overview
The aim of this study was to assess the value of sentinel lymph node procedures in gynecologic cancers. A systematic literature overview, using the PubMed database, was performed. In early stage vulvar, endometrial and cervical cancer, lymph node status is the most important prognostic factor. Lymphadenectomy, performed for adequate staging, is ass...
The interaction between N-category and N-ratio as a new tool to improve lymph node metastasis staging in gastric cancer:...
Background: Depth of tumor invasion (T-category) and the number of metastatic lymph nodes (N-category) are the most important prognostic factors in patients with gastric cancer. Recently, the ratio between metastatic and dissected lymph nodes (N-ratio) has been established as one. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of N-ratio and its i...
