Background The wire-guided excision of nonpalpable breast cancer often results in tumor
resections with inadequate margins. This prospective, randomized trial was undertaken to …

Aims The sentinel lymph node procedure enables selective targeting of the first draining
lymph node, where the initial metastases will form. A negative sentinel node (SN) predicts …

Objective To assess the value of diagnostic laparoscopy (DL) and laparoscopic
ultrasonography (LUS) in the staging and selection of patients with colorectal liver …

Background The potential morbidity of an axillary lymph node dissection in patients with
breast cancer can be avoided in patients with a negative sentinel node (SN). Hypothesis It …

Abstract Background and Objectives Complete excision of a nonpalpable breast cancer after
wire localization is a difficult procedure. Often, adequate margins are not obtained, and a …

Background: The sentinel node procedure for breast cancer allows for accurate staging of
the axilla while the axillary node dissection can be avoided in patients with no sentinel node …

A 46 year old woman with a family history of breast and ovarian cancer presented with
multiple fibroadenomas in both breasts. From three fibroadenomas removed from the left …

Aims—To evaluate in detail the extent to which step sectioning and immunohistochemical
examination of sentinel lymph nodes (SNs) in patients with breast cancer reveal additional …

Cryosurgery is one of the palliative treatment options to decrease local symptoms due to
rectal carcinoma. A total of 106 patients (aged 45–92 years) underwent palliative …

A sentinel node biopsy done at the time of initial tumor resection allows for a one‐stage
surgical procedure. In addition, sentinel node identification may be impaired when done …