Can Elective Neck Dissection for Oral Cancer Be Planned on the Basis of Depth of Invasion? Retrospective Analysis by Kinjal S. Majumdar, Thaduri Abhinav, Achyuth Panuganti, Rajkumar K. Seenivasagam, Manu Malhotra

“…This study evaluated the accuracy of DOI in predicting nodal metastases (lymph node metastasis [LNM]) in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). …”
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First Experience of Single Port Robotic Areolar (SPRA) Thyroidectomy and Modified Radical Neck Dissection (MRND) by Myung Ho Shin, Yue Kun Yin, Hilal Hwang, Sun Min Lee, Jin Wook Yi

“…Although many methods have been designed for thyroidectomy using the da-Vinci SP, there are very few reports on methods that can perform not only thyroidectomy but also lateral cervical lymph node dissection. In this study, we want to report the first clinical experience with SPRA-MRND (Single Port Robotic Areolar-Modified Radical Neck dissection), using right breast access. …”
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Long-term outcomes of isolated limb perfusion with hyperthermia in patients with soft tissue sarcomas by T. K. Kharatishvili, N. S. Petrochenko, E. I. Gribkova, Yu.  V. Buidenok, S. M. Kaspshik, M. D. Aliyev

“…All patients underwent IRP with melphalan, in one case – in combination with tumor necrosis factor alpha. Additional lymph node dissection was performed in 8 cases (19%). …”
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Factors Predicting Postoperative Quality of Life among Rectal Cancer Patients in Thailand: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Cherdsak Iramaneerat, Natthida Owattanapanich, Woramin Riansuwan, Varut Lohsiriwat, Siriluck Prapasrivorakul

“…The QoL measures were found to be negatively impacted by age and lymph node status. Gender, the type of operation, presence of ostomy, location of the tumor, preoperative radiation, adjuvant chemotherapy, laparoscopic approach, duration after surgery, proximal and distal margins, tumor size, metastasis, and recurrence showed no impact on the QoL. …”
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Prognostic factors influencing survival rates in elderly patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma by D. V. Semenov, R. V. Orlova, V. I. Shirokorad, S. V. Kostritsky, P. V. Kononets

“…In a multivariate analysis, factors affecting survival in patients with mRCC aged ≥ 75 years included sex, histologic subtype, number of metastases, bone and lymph node metastases, IMDC prognosis, and radiation therapy and nephrectomy. …”
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Clinical characteristics, treatment, and survival of thrombocytopenia induced by T-DM1 in early HER2-positive breast cancer by Fang Wang, Xiaosan Zhang, Xiuchun Chen, Lu Zhang, Zhenzhen Liu

“…A comparison between groups showed that patients in the Thrombocytopenia group were more frequently postmenopausal, had lymph node metastasis, and had undergone radiotherapy. …”
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Utility of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in Bacille Calmette–Guerin Lymphadenitis: An Institutional Experience by Saba Naaz, Sonam Sharma, Amrutha Aravind, Mukul Singh

“…The majority had left-sided axillary lymph node enlargement without any constitutional symptoms. …”
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Correlation of tumor budding with a novel and other established prognostic parameters in patients with invasive breast carcinoma by Neha D. Borde, Yash M. Thesiya, Meera S. Mahajan, Chandrashekhar P. Bhale

“…All cases of invasive breast carcinoma (IBC) in which excision specimens with lymph node dissection were available were studied. …”
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A Study on Stromal Expression of CD10 Marker in Breast Carcinoma and Its Role as a Prognostic Marker in a Tertiary Care Center in South Kerala by K. P. Praveena, Jinu Abraham Glaxon, Aswathy Chandramohan, George Vivek

“…No correlation was found between CD10 overexpression with respect to the age, tumor size, lymph node positivity status, tumor stage and HER2Neu status. …”
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IMPACT OF VARIOUS TREATMENT STRATEGIES ON LONG-TERM TREATMENT OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH STAGE IAG3 ENDOMETRIAL CANCER by S. A. Mavrichev

“…Among various combined treatment strategies, the best results were achieved in regimens that included adjuvant external RT on the pelvic area, but only in patients who did not undergo pelvic lymph node dissection in addition to standard hysterectomy with bilateral salpingoophorectomy. …”
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Second Adjuvant Radioiodine Therapy after Reoperation for Locoregionally Persistent or Recurrent Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma by Enrique Cadena-Piñeros, Judith Vásconez Escobar, Jose A. Carreño, Julian G. Rojas

“…Intermediate- and high-risk patients have lymph node relapse rate ranging from 10 to 50%, and receive multiple reinterventions, increasing the morbidity of the disease. …”
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Role of Ultrasonography in Monitoring Chemotherapeutic Effects on Primary Thyroid Lymphoma: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Shirong Liu, Ying Fu, Ligang Cui, Shumin Wang, Shi Tan

“…Among the 10 patients with cervical lymph node enlargement, 70% showed reduced lesion sizes and blood flow signals. …”
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EXPRESSION OF THE TUMOR-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS IN THE OVARIAN CANCER by T. S. Bobrova, K. I. Zhordania, Yu. V. Chuyev

“…With the help of monoclonal antibodies (MCA-1, MCA-3, G1 class immunoglobulins) and polyspecific antiserum (As) by means of immunoblotting (IB) the increase of the expression of the tumor-associated proteins (TAP) in the samples of the tumor tissues (in 94, 55 and 38% respectively), metastatic lymph nodes — LN(m+) and sera of the patients with ovarian cancer (OC) (in 82, 77 and ~100% of the cases, respectively), was detected. …”
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RESULTS OF EMERGENCY SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS FOR COLORECTAL CANCER COMPLICATED BY BLEEDING by S. N. Schaeva

“…Statistically significant differences were revealed in R1 and the number of investigated lymph nodes between the coloproctological and General surgical hospitals (p=0.01, p<0.001) and oncological and General surgical hospitals (p=0.016, p<0.0001). …”
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy – early experience by Robert Šimon, Marián Kudláč, Jozef Belák

“…Introduction: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy is the anatomical resection of a whole lobe ofthe lung followed by removal of the lymph nodes from the mediastinum using a thoracoscope and an access incision(small thoracotomy ≤ 5 cm) without using the rib spreader. …”
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Whole-body diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging by estimating the measurable diffusion coefficient in Hodgkin lymphoma by A. I. Mikhaylov, V. O. Panov, I. E. Tyurin

“…Objective: to determine whether the measurable diffusion coefficient (MIC) may be used to differentiate normal and lymphomatosisaltered lymph nodes (LNs) in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL).Material and methods. …”
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Long-Term Surgical Complications in the Oral Cancer Patient: a Comprehensive Review. Part I by Antonia Kolokythas

“…Over the last several decades the approach to treatment of oral cancer has changed very little with regards to primary tumour extirpation while the approach to the “at risk” lymph nodes has evolved significantly. Perhaps the most significant change in the surgical treatment of cancer is the introduction of free flap for reconstruction post resection. …”
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NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING IN THE DETECTION OF LOCALLY ADVANCED LARYNGEAL AND HYPOPHARYNGEAL CANCER by A. A. Medvedeva, V. I. Chernov, R. V. Zeltchan, I. G. Sinilkin, I. G. Frolova, S. V. Chizevskaya, E. L. Choynzonov, O. V. Cheremisina, A. V. Goldberg

“…The 99mTc-MIBI uptake in metastatic lymph nodes was visualized in 2 (17 %) of the 12 patients. 28 SLNs were detected by SPECT and 31 SLNs were identifed using the intraoperative gamma probe. …”
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[Artículo traducido] Melanoma acral en población caucásica: estudio de cohorte sobre factores epidemiológicos, clinicopatológicos y pronósticos by J. Angel-Baldo, S. Podlipnik, A. Azón, A. Boada, A. Arrieta, J. Marcoval, C. López-Sánchez, M. Sàbat, S. Segura, D. Bodet, N. Curcó, D. López-Castillo, J. Solà, M. Quintana-Codina, C. Baliu-Piqué, M. Just-Sarobé, S. Martín-Sala, J. Malvehy, S. Puig, C. Carrera, R.M. Marti

“…Foot melanomas exhibited delayed detection, increased invasiveness, thicker Breslow depth, increased sentinel lymph node biopsy involvement, and higher AJCC stages. …”
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Robotic versus laparoscopic right colectomy for colon cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jian-Chun Zheng, Shuai Zhao, Wei Chen, Jian-Xiang Wu

“…The estimated blood loss, retrieved lymph nodes, and overall post operative complications were similar between RRC and LRC (p > 0.05). …”
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