Surgical oncology is the branch of medicine that focuses on the use of surgery to treat patients with cancer. Results from the SWOG S1011 and LEA trials show that extended pelvic lymph node ...

Mastectomy (removal of the entire breast, sometimes with lymph node dissection-removal of the lymph nodes in the armpit) can also follow. Mastectomy may or may not be followed by radiation therapy.

Surgery to remove lymph nodes in the neck (neck dissection) can cause changes in the neck and shoulder. After surgery, the skin in the area becomes tighter and thicker as the scar heals. As the scar ...

Results from the SWOG S1011 and LEA trials show that extended pelvic lymph node dissection during radical cystectomy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer offers no survival benefit. Novel ...

Purpose: Radical cystectomy (RC) is the standard of care for patients with bladder cancer, and pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) is a pivotal step that can be carried out either before or after RC.

In spite of the poor prognosis when the lymph nodes are involved, we still proceed with the pelvic exenteration if the lateral margins of the dissection are free of tumor and the nodal disease not ...

(UroToday.com) The 2025 SESAUA annual meeting featured a prostate cancer session and a presentation by Dr. Abhi Moolupuri discussing a PET/CT supplemented approach to omission of pelvic lymph node ...

allowing for the avoidance of axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) when SLNs are not involved with metastases (37). Moreover, ALND can also be omitted in selected patients with T1 or T2 breast cancer ...

Objective: This review article summarises the latest evidence for preventive central lymph node dissection in patients with papillary thyroid cancer taking into account the possible complications and ...

This section includes symptoms affecting your groin and pelvis (the area from your hips to the top of your legs). This area has many important organs, including the genitals and those involved in ...