Regional lymph nodes are a barrier, preventing the spread of both the infection and cancer cells from the nearby organs and systems. Up to 55% of sonographically detected abnormal lymph nodes are impalpable. Lymph nodes have morphologic zones, each with specific features of structure and function...
I. (1975), Immunologic competence of regional lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer. Cancer, 35: 655–659. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197503)35:3<655::AID-CNCR2820350318>3.0.CO;2-M Author Information 1 Department of Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 2 Rockefeller...
Breast cancer spreads primarily via the lym- phatic system. Regional lymph nodes are usually the first metastatic sites to be involved, often followed by distant metastasis to the lungs, liver and bones. Although various prognostic factors are known, regional lymph node status is...
The common idea was that breast cancer spreads sequentially from the primary site to regional lymph nodes and to dis- tant sites, implicating that complete removal of the tumor and the afflicted lymph nodes should protect most pa- tients from systemic disease. Due to a marked percentage of ...
The axillary lymph node status (ALNS) and internal mammary lymph nodes (IMLN) expression associated with breast cancer are closely linked to prognosis. Thi
A lymphocyte-macrophage interaction, known as the lymphocyte clustering phenomenon, was studied in axillary lymph node preparations from 27 breast cancer patients. The study was carried out in primary tissue cultures of lymph nodes and the lymphocyte-macrophage interactions were quantitated with respect ...
Intraoperative lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node dissection in breast cancer Because the tumor status of the regional lymph nodes is the most important prognostic factor in patients with early-stage breast cancer, accurate histopath... EC Hsueh,N Hansen,AE Giuliano - 《Ca A Cancer Journal...
Cells derived from 279 regional lymph nodes (RLNCs) of 62 women with primary breast cancer when evaluated immediately after removal were found to vary significantly relative to their uptake of tritiated thymidine (3HT). The variation was related to the position of nodes in the axilla. Uptake by...
Regional Lymph Node Surgery Codes eFigure 1. Rate of Any Adjuvant Radiation Use in Patients With Nonmetastatic Inflammatory Breast Cancer Over Time eFigure 2. Rate of Trimodality Therapy Use in Patients With Nonmetastatic Inflammatory Breast Cancer Over Time 1. Jaiyesimi IA, Buzdar AU, ...
Invasive breast cancer tends to metastasize to lymph nodes and systemic sites. The management of metastasis has evolved by focusing on controlling the growth of the disease in the breast/chest wall, and at metastatic sites, initially by surgery alone, then by a combination of surgery with radiati...