Tag: lymphNode

Articles

• Reasons to have regular screening mammograms starting at age 40

News

• At least 8% of women still have lymphedema five years after breast cancer surgery
• Axillary dissection in patients with occult sentinel lymph node metastases does not improve survival
• Axillary dissection may not be necessary in some women with positive lymph nodes
• Axillary lymph node dissection may not be necessary in women with positive lymph nodes
• Axillary lymph node micrometastases are associated with worse breast cancer prognosis
• Breast cancer prognosis - risk of locoregional recurrence by breast cancer subtype
• Chemotherapy improves HER2+ and triple negative outcomes even for small (1cm) tumors
• Clear surgical margins of at least 1 mm reduce rate of local recurrence
• Combined HRT increase risk of lymph node positive breast cancer
• Comparable survival between sentinel node biopsy and axillary lymph node dissection
• Delay in radiation treatment for breast cancer increases risk of local recurrence
• Different receptor status in lymph nodes might explain some treatment failures
• Does air travel increase lymphedema in breast cancer survivors?
• Early detection with screening mammograms leads to improved breast cancer survival
• Early recurrence more likely with triple negative breast cancer, but risk of recurrence not higher
• Expression of E-cadherin influences prognosis of triple negative breast cancer
• Five-year and 10-year survival among young breast cancer patients is better than thought
• Knowing the receptor status of metastases improves treatment decisions
• Lobular and ductal breast cancer can be treated similarly based on other important tumor characteristics
• Lobular and ductal breast cancer have different lymph node metastasis patterns
• Lobular breast cancer micrometastases may incorrectly be classified as isolated tumor cells
• Lumpectomy is not inferior to mastectomy for appropriately selected triple negative patients
• Lumpectomy vs. mastectomy rates vary by type of breast cancer
• Male breast cancer survival is influenced by age, tumor size, ER status and lymph node involvement
• Mucinous breast cancer should be evaluated for multiple tumors before treatment
• No need for axillary lymph node dissection when sentinel lymph node biopsy is negative
• Omitting axillary dissection for sentinel node micrometastases means higher risk of recurrence
• Outcomes of breast cancer under age 35 influenced by number of positive lymph nodes
• Physical therapy begun early can prevent lymphedema after axillary lymph node dissection
• Positive lymph nodes reduce breast cancer survival, especially among old women
• Prognostic significance of number of positive axillary lymph nodes
• Radiation treatment after lumpectomy significantly reduces long-term recurrence and death
• Residual cancer after chemotherapy
• Sentinel node micrometastases do not reduce breast cancer survival in early years
• Some women with close margins after lumpectomy face increased risk of recurrence
• Triple negative breast cancer prognosis is influenced even by small number of positive nodes
• Tumor marker CA 27.29 has limited usefulness in determining initial prognosis
• Undetected lymph node micrometastases do not greatly reduce overall survival
• Weightlifting can improve lymphedema symptoms among breast cancer survivors
• Worse prognosis for breast cancer after lumpectomy with positive margins

Studies

• A Case-Match Study Comparing Unilateral With Synchronous Bilateral Breast Cancer Outcomes
• Accurate classification of sentinel lymph node metastases in patients with lobular breast carcinoma
• Addition of Trastuzumab May Potentially Equalize Disease-Free Survival Outcomes Among Obese and Normal-Weight Patients
• Age and Axillary Lymph Node Ratio in Postmenopausal Women with T1-T2 Node Positive Breast Cancer
• Axillary Dissection vs No Axillary Dissection in Women With Invasive Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Metastasis
• Axillary Irradiation as an Imperative Alternative to Axillary Dissection in Clinically Lymph Node-Negative but Sentinel Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients?
• Axillary lymph node failure in patients treated with accelerated partial breast irradiation
• Axillary node staging for microinvasive breast cancer: Is it justified?
• Axillary recurrence rate 5 years after negative sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer
• Axillary recurrence rate following negative sentinel node biopsy for invasive breast cancer: long-term follow-up
• Balancing Risks of Deconditioning vs. Weight-Lifting for Breast Cancer Survivors
• Beta Blockers and Breast Cancer Mortality: A Population-Based Study
• Biologic markers determine both the risk and the timing of recurrence in breast cancer
• Breast cancer patients with estrogen receptor-negative/progesterone receptor-positive tumors: being younger and getting less benefit from adjuvant tamoxifen treatment
• Clinical outcome of breast cancer patients with N3a (>/=10 positive lymph nodes) disease: has it changed over years?
• Comparing survival with breast-conservation therapy or mastectomy in the management of young women with early-stage breast cancer
• Determination of clear margin in breast-conserving surgery: Is 1 mm needed?
• Does mammography affect the nodal status at presentation in 40- to 49-year-old breast cancer patients?
• Effect of axillary dissection for occult detected sentinel nodes metastases on survival: NSABP B-32
• Effect of Obesity on Prognosis after Early Breast Cancer
• Effect of Occult Metastases on Survival in Node-Negative Breast Cancer
• Effect of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery on 10-year recurrence and 15-year breast cancer death: meta-analysis of individual patient data for 10 801 women in 17 randomised trials
• Estrogen Plus Progestin and Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Postmenopausal Women
• Exercise in patients with lymphedema: a systematic review of the contemporary literature
• Factors Associated with the Development of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema After Whole-Breast Irradiation
• Impact of a Raised Body Mass Index on Breast Cancer Survival in Relation to Age and Disease Extent at Diagnosis
• Improved Staging in Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients Using Lymph Node Ratio: Results in 1,788 Patients with Long-term Follow-Up
• Influence of Lymphatic Invasion on Locoregional Recurrence Following Mastectomy: Indication for Postmastectomy Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer Patients with One to Three Positive Nodes
• Influence of uncommon histology on breast conservation therapy for breast cancer-biology dictates technique?
• Lobular and non-lobular breast cancers differ regarding axillary lymph node metastasis: a cross-sectional study on 4,292 consecutive patients
• Lobular Breast Cancer: Same Survival and Local Control Compared with Ductal Cancer, but Should Both Be Treated the Same Way? Analysis of an Institutional Database over a 10-Year Period
• Locoregional Recurrence After Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection With or Without Axillary Dissection in Patients With Sentinel Lymph Node Metastases: The American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z0011 Randomized Trial
• Locoregional recurrence risk factors in breast cancer patients with positive axillary lymph nodes and the impact of postmastectomy radiotherapy
• Long-term observational follow-up study of breast cancer diagnosed in women ≤40 years old
• Lymph-node metastases in invasive lobular carcinoma are different from those in ductal carcinoma of the breast
• Lymphoscintigraphy Can Select Breast Cancer Patients for Internal Mammary Chain Radiotherapy
• Male breast cancer: An institution’s 25-year experience
• Male breast carcinoma in United States: Survival rate and determinants of prognosis
• Nodal Status and Clinical Outcomes in a Large Cohort of Patients With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
• Noninvasive Detection of Breast Cancer Lymph Node Metastasis Using Carbonic Anhydrases IX and XII Targeted Imaging Probes
• Obesity, Adjuvant Therapy, and Survival Outcomes in Early-Stage Breast Cancer
• Occult axillary lymph node metastasis do not have prognostic significance in early stage breast cancer
• Perillyl Alcohol Inhibits Human Breast Cancer Cell Growth in vitro and in vivo
• Prevalence of CA 27.29 in Primary Breast Cancer Patients before the Start of Systemic Treatment
• Prevalence of lymphoedema more than five years after breast cancer treatment
• Prognosis and Outcome of Small (1 cm), Node-Negative Breast Cancer on the Basis of Hormonal and HER-2 Status
• Prognosis and pathology of screen-detected carcinomas: How different are they?
• Prognosis in women with small (T1mic,T1a,T1b) node-negative operable breast cancer by immunohistochemically selected subtypes
• Prognosis of medullary breast cancer: Analyses of 13 International Breast Cancer Study Group (IBCSG) trials
• Prognostic impact of isolated tumor cells in breast cancer axillary nodes: single tumor cell(s) versus tumor cell cluster(s) and microanatomic location
• Prognostic Significance of Number of Positive Nodes: A Long-Term Study of One to Two Nodes Versus Three Nodes in Breast Cancer Patients
• Prognostic significance of triple negative breast cancer at tumor size 1 cm and smaller
• Quantitative analysis of changes in ER, PR and HER2 expression in primary breast cancer and paired nodal metastases
• Regional recurrence in breast cancer patients with sentinel node micrometastases and isolated tumor cells
• Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer: Ten-Year Results of a Randomized Controlled Study
• Sentinel node micrometastases in breast cancer do not affect prognosis: a population-based study
• Should Postmastectomy Radiotherapy to the Chest Wall and Regional Lymph Nodes Be Standard for Patients with 1-3 Positive Lymph Nodes?
• Significance of E-cadherin expression in triple-negative breast cancer
• Subsets of Women with Close or Positive Margins After Breast-Conserving Surgery with High Local Recurrence Risk Despite Breast Plus Boost Radiotherapy
• The identification and treatment of isolated tumor cells reflect disparities in the delivery of breast cancer care
• The impact of young age on breast cancer outcome
• The inhibitory effect of flaxseed on the growth and metastasis of estrogen receptor negative human breast cancer xenografts is attributed to both its lignan and oil components
• The prognostic impact of occult nodal metastasis in early breast carcinoma
• The t10,c12 isomer of conjugated linoleic acid stimulates mammary tumorigenesis in transgenic mice over-expressing erbB2 in the mammary epithelium
• Time-varying pattern of recurrence risk for Chinese breast cancer patients
• Triple negative receptor status as a risk factor for recurrence and death in cancer of the breast
• Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Is Not a Contraindication for Breast Conservation
• Unnecessary Axillary Surgery for Patients With Node-Negative Breast Cancer Undergoing Total Mastectomy