Lymph node status is a key prognostic factor in penile squamous cell carcinoma. Recently, growing evidence indicates a multimodality approach consisting of neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by consolidation surgery improves the outcome of locally advanced penile cancer. Thus, accurate estimation of survival probability in node-positive penile cancer is critical for treatment decision making, co...

background: this study attempts to ascertain a reliable cutoff size to determine whether pelvic lymph nodes are metastatic or not in ovarian cancer patients. methods: we retrospectively reviewed 73 pet/ct scans of 52 female patients with ovarian carcinoma who underwent surgery followed by chemotherapy. the findings of contrast enhanced mdct were interpreted by two experienced radiologists unawa...

Introduction: Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is an uncommon neoplasm originating from parafollicular C cells. Distant metastasis in MTC, such as axillary node involvement, is extremely rare.  Case Report: The present study describes a known case of MTC with axillary lymph node metastasis in a 31-year-old woman. In 2010, she underwent total thyroidectomy and right-sided modified radical neck dis...

510 cases of surgical lymph node biopsies during a five year periode are reviewed with the following conclusionsthe lymph node biopsy constitues 5% of all the surgical biopsies, the cervical and axillary lymph nodes are the most commonly biopsicd nodes due to their easy accessibility and due to the fact that they drain the lymph from many vital organs: the next most commonly biopsied nodes are ...

meningioma is usually a benign central nervous system (cns) tumor. metastasis is rare; however if it does occur the most metastatic sites are the liver and lungs. here, two cases of cns meningioma with metastasis to cervical lymph nodes are reported. the first case, a 48 year-old man developed cervical lymph node metastasis nine years after primary tumor diagnosis. the second case, a 23 year-ol...

10-14 regional lymph nodes, nodal staging in stage III colorectal cancer, which is solely based on the number of metastatic lymph nodes, would be inaccurate in certain circumstances. Recently, the metastatic lymph-node ratio has been suggested as an alternative tool for nodal staging in stage III colorectal cancer [2-4]. Also, after preoperative chemoradiation therapy in rectal cancer patients,...

We report a young male with an initial excisional biopsy report of melanoma of the lower back, referred to our hospital for complete excision and sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy.  Four peritumoral intradermal Tc-99m phytate injection was performed and SLNs were detected in both axillary and right inguinal regions. On the biopsy only the right axillary SLN was metastatic leading to right axilla...