Getting More Mileage from Lymph Node Biopsies

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Applying “Kennedyism” to lung cancer treatment: Let's take more nodesCentral Message by Richard Lazzaro, MD, Byron Patton, MD

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Is prophylactic central neck dissection necessary for patients with clinically node-negative papillary thyroid microcarcinoma? A follow-up study of more than 10 years by Zeng-Gui Wu, Wen-Ting Zheng, Li-Jie Chen, Fang-Shuang Zhu, Zhao-Sheng Ma, Fei-Lin Cao, Bin-Bin Cui, Bo-Jian Xie, Xing-Qiang Yan

“…To better elucidate the benefits and disadvantages, we conducted a retrospective analysis with a follow-up of more than 10 years.MethodsA total of 377 consecutive patients were enrolled in this study between April 2011 and March 2015. 146 patients underwent total thyroidectomy alone (TT group), while 231 patients underwent total thyroidectomy and prophylactic central compartment lymph node dissection (TT+PCND group). …”
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Elective pelvic nodal irradiation for elderly patients with high-risk prostate cancer: A more patient-oriented approach by Federico Iori, Matteo Augugliaro, Emanuele Alì, Cinzia Iotti

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Risk factors for symptomatic lymphoceles in patients undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection: What we learned after more than 350 cases by João P. Manzano, João H.S. de Pinho, Thainã O. Azambuja, Davi S. Constantin, Vinicius M. de Souza

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A node influence ranking algorithm combining k-shell iteration and node degree. by Yating Ji, Lequn Liu, Shujia Li, Pu Lu, Qimei Tang

“…Identifying key nodes in complex networks holds significant application value in fields such as information dissemination and disease spread. …”
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PRIMARY EXTRAMEDULLARY PLASMACYTOMA OF THE LYMPH NODES by Ali Turunç, Birol Güvenç

“…While recurrence is possible, primary lymph node plasmacytomas rarely progress to multiple myeloma and are associated with a more favorable prognosis than other solitary extramedullary plasmacytomas. …”
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Role of “Second Look” Lymph Node Search in Harvesting Optimal Number of Lymph Nodes for Staging of Colorectal Carcinoma by Ameer Hamza, Ramen Sakhi, Sidrah Khawar, Ahmed Alrajjal, Jacob Edens, Muhammad Siddique Khurram, Uqba Khan, Susanna Szpunar, Paul Mazzara

“…Gross reexamination and submission of additional lymph nodes may provide more accurate staging in a limited number of cases. …”
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Modern Endoscopic Approaches to Video-Assisted Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and Axillary Lymph Node Dissection: A Review by R. M. Akhmedov, V. V. Konstantinova, A. B. Vats, A. S. Zhurov, Yu. V. Semiletova, A. A. Olchonova, A. M. Belousov, E. M. Bit-Sava, G. A. Dashyan

“…This article aims to analyze modern endoscopic techniques of sentinel lymph node biopsy and axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer surgery.Owing to more accurate diagnosis and minimized patient morbidity and risks, endoscopic techniques have significantly expanded capabilities of breast cancer surgery.We review the main endoscopic techniques of sentinel lymph node biopsy and axillary lymph node dissection, analyze their efficacy and safety, and compare their benefits with those of conventional open techniques.The article discusses results of recent studies regarding diagnostic accuracy and complication rates. …”
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Numerous lymph node metastases in early gastric cancer without preoperatively enlarged lymph nodes: a case report by Chikanori Tsutsumi, Taiki Moriyama, Kenoki Ohuchida, Koji Shindo, Shuntaro Nagai, Reiko Yoneda, Minako Fujiwara, Yoshinao Oda, Masafumi Nakamura

“…The initial postoperative pathological diagnosis was intramucosal carcinoma without lymphovascular invasion; however, the presence of 26 lymph node metastases was revealed unexpectedly. Additional pathological examination of more resected specimens transected every 2–3 mm revealed that only one lesion contained a small number of cancer cells in the lymphatic duct below the muscularis mucosa. …”
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Evaluation method for node importance in communication networks by CHEN Yong, HU Ai-qun, HU Xiao

“…Experimental results show that the method is simple and can reflect node importance determined by the network topology more precisely.…”
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Evaluation method for node importance in communication networks by CHEN Yong, HU Ai-qun, HU Xiao

“…Experimental results show that the method is simple and can reflect node importance determined by the network topology more precisely.…”
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The role of nodes in controlling and observing complex networks. by Longlong Wu

“…Through the analysis of their structural characteristics, we observe that nodes involved in controllability and observability are more likely to be low-degree nodes. …”
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Ephemeral Node Identifiers for Enhanced Flow Privacy by Gregor Tamati Haywood, Saleem Noel Bhatti

“…We present a solution to this tension in requirements by the use of <i>ephemeral Node Identifier (eNID)</i> values in IP packets as part of the address value. …”
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Multihop-Based Optimal Cluster Heads Numbers Considering Relay Node in Transmission Range of Sensor Nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks by Choon-Sung Nam, Sang-Tae Bae, Jin-Wook Chung, Dong-Ryeol Shin

“…The data transmission of sensor nodes which detect events might be affected by their neighbor nodes located in their communication range. …”
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EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS - MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS by E. V. Kulchavenya, I. I. Zhukova

“…However those suffering from central nervous system tuberculosis without compromised immunity made only 4.1%, while among the HIV infected this rate made 60.9%; those suffering from bone and joint tuberculosis prevailed more than twice among the HIV negative. Tuberculosis of peripheral lymph nodes was diagnosed in 14.7%, urogenital tuberculosis all together – in 13.9%. …”
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Reliable Node Clustering for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks by Tao Wang, William N. N. Hung

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Research on the Raft improved algorithm for anti-Byzantine nodes by WANG Xiaowei, LI Jie

“…ObjectivesIn order to solve the problem of malicious election and log tampering caused by Byzantine nodes in original Raft algorithm， an AntiB-Raft （Anti-Byzantine Raft） algorithm was proposed to resist Byzantine nodes.MethodsWhen the candidate requested to replace the Leader， the heartbeat monitoring threshold mechanism was used to determine whether the candidate can successfully obtain enough votes to become the new Leader， which was agreed that only when more than half of the nodes detected that the current Leader was really down， the candidate can obtain more than half of the votes and become the new Leader， so as to prevent the Byzantine node from maliciously pulling votes when current Leader was not down， which would result in the replacement of the normal Leader. …”
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Improved node localization algorithm for wireless sensor network by ZENG Fan-zi, SUN Zheng-zhang, LUO Juan, LI Ren-fa

“…In this algorithm, the smallest anchor box is constructed by the an- chor nodes within two hops in the network and the non-anchor nodes with minimum credit value and known coordinates, which leads to a shrank box where the sample and filter is more efficient to node location compared to the MCL and MCB. …”
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Improved node localization algorithm for wireless sensor network by ZENG Fan-zi, SUN Zheng-zhang, LUO Juan, LI Ren-fa

“…In this algorithm, the smallest anchor box is constructed by the an- chor nodes within two hops in the network and the non-anchor nodes with minimum credit value and known coordinates, which leads to a shrank box where the sample and filter is more efficient to node location compared to the MCL and MCB. …”
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