Cancer Control 601 The emergence of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy as an alternative method to axillary dissection for staging the axilla in breast cancer patients has brought the value of axillary dissection into close scrutiny. In addition, it has stimulated the assessment of the biologic implications of micrometastatic disease to lymph nodes. Historical review of SLN technology demonstrate...

The authors present a case of a chylous leak after axillary lymph node dissection. Although this case has been treated conservatively, the authors discuss different treatment approaches.

AIMS It has been suggested that patients with T1-2 breast tumours and sentinel node (SLN) micrometastases, defined as foci of tumour cells smaller than 2 mm, may be spared completion axillary lymph node dissection because of the low incidence of further metastatic disease. To gain insight into the extent of non-sentinel lymph node (n-SLN) involvement, SLNs and complementary axillary clearance s...

BACKGROUND The objectives of the study were to determine how often a sentinel lymph node is visualized by lymphoscintigraphy in breast carcinoma patients, how often the sentinel lymph node is identified during surgery, and the sensitivity of these procedures to identify the presence of axillary lymph node metastasis. METHODS A total of 136 patients were enrolled in 2 hospitals. Preoperative d...

We herein report a rare case of gastric and regional lymph node metastasis of cutaneous malignant melanoma that underwent curative resection. The patient, a 68-year-old man, was first diagnosed as having cutaneous malignant melanoma of the right forearm in 2005. He had extensive skin excision and axillary lymph node dissection and had undergone adjuvant chemotherapy. Six years after the primary...

In non-inflammatory locally advanced breast cancer, treatment typically includes neoadjuvant chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation therapy. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy allows in vivo assessment of primary tumor response to chemotherapy and is achieved the early control of micrometastatic disease. It also significantly improves surgical outcomes. Patients achieving pathologic complete response after...

BACKGROUND: Breast angiosarcoma is a rare disease occurring as primary tumour or secondary to lymphoedema or radiotherapy. The more frequent use of breast-conserving therapy and radiotherapy for breast carcinoma explains the increasing diagnosis of these tumours. CASE REPORT: We report a case of a breast epithelioid angiosarcoma which metastasized to the contralateral axillary lymph node, occur...

Received January 16, 2007; accepted February 10, 2007. ABSTRACT Axillary presentation from occult breast cancer is uncommon and continues to be a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to physicians. Once the diagnosis of adenocarcinoma metastatic to an axillary lymph node has been confirmed, a preoperative workup should be done. The current experience is based on several relatively small retrosp...

Background: Need to dissect axillary nodes in patients with early breast cancer and clinically negative axilla remains controversial. To assess the role of radiotherapy (RT) reducing metastases who did not receive dissection. Management traditionally involves lymph node Axillary dissection has known complications like lymphoedema, pain, paraesthesia. The occurrence varies across care centres. p...