NUCLEAR DNA CONTENT AND LYMPH NODE DISSECTION IN RIGHT SIDE COLON CARCINOMAS

Prognostic Value of Lymph Node Ratio in comparison to Lymph Node Metastases in Stage III Colon Cancer

Background & Objectives: Colon cancer is currently of high incidence and mortality rate. Identifying the factors influencing its prognosis can be very beneficial to its clinical treatment. Recent studies have shown that lymph nodes ratio can be considered as an important prognostic factor. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of this factor on the prognosis of the ...

Lymph Node Dissection

Gastric cancer remains as one of the leading causes of death worldwide (Yoshida et al., 2004). Middle third and distal cancers tend to decline worldwide. However, in the western populations proximal gastric cancers tend to increase even though the incidence of those cancers stays the same in Japan. Today, the incidence of early gastric cancer has reached above 50% in Japan while in the west two...

VATS lymph node dissection.

Dissection axillary lymph node count in patient with breast cancer followed by neoadjuvant therapy

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second cause of death in women. It is essential to have the highest level of confidence in axillary staging assessment. Many surgeons and pathologists believe that fewer lymph nodes are present in axillary dissection specimens of women treated by neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to compare the lym...

Mini-laparotomy pelvic lymph node dissection minimizes morbidity, hospitalization and cost of pelvic lymph node dissection.

PURPOSE We compared efficacy, morbidity and cost of mini-laparotomy pelvic lymph node dissection and laparoscopic pelvic lymph node dissection. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 40 patients underwent mini-laparatomy, laparoscopic or standard pelvic lymph node dissection during a 24-month period. Nodal yield, complications, hospitalization and postoperative analgesic requirements were retrospec...