Two landmark trials 1,2 evaluating the role of pelvic radiation in intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer have recently been published that should change practice, but it is not clear if the ...
Now, a group of experts are questioning the wisdom of lymph node removal in these cases Leaving the nodes intact might help men avoid side effects and boost the effectiveness of cutting-edge ...
A revolutionary new diagnostic method for prostate cancer can detect prostate cancer cells that have spread to lymph nodes both inside and outside the pelvis, according to the UC San Francisco and ...
Patients with high-risk localized or locally advanced prostate cancer treated with IMRT in the English National Health Service between 2010 and 2013 were identified by using data from the Cancer ...
The therapeutic benefit of extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND) for patients with prostate cancer is uncertain. New data from a study by Firas Abdollah, Alberto Briganti and colleagues from ...
"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...
Two Articles published Online first and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet show that two common adjuvant treatments for women with early endometrial cancer — removing the pelvic lymph nodes or ...
Awareness of lymphedema — excessive, debilitating swelling related to lymph node blockage — is growing, particularly as it affects women after breast cancer treatment. However, men can get lymphedema, ...
Whole pelvis radiation improves cancer-specific and overall survival in muscle-invasive bladder cancer compared to bladder-only radiation. Median cancer-specific survival was 84 months for whole ...