Lymph Node Excision
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Administration of high-dose interleukin-2 in a 2-year-old with metastatic melanoma.

13 Dec 2009 Malignant melanoma is rare in pediatrics, and therapies for patients with disseminated disease have not been well studied. This report describes our experience with the use of high-dose interleukin 2 (aldesleukin, IL-2) in a 2-year-old child with ... Read more...

Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the extremity and nodal metastasis: Is the in-transit lymphatic system at risk?

13 Dec 2009 Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) of the extremity is not infrequently associated with regional node metastasis. Knowledge of lymphatic drainage of extremity RMSs is important to determine radiotherapy fields. In this report we describe two patients ... Read more...

Standardized surgery for colonic cancer: complete mesocolic excision and central ligation--technical notes and outcome.

3 Nov 2009 OBJECTIVE: Total mesorectal excision (TME) as proposed by R.J. Heald more than 20 years ago, is nowadays accepted worldwide for optimal rectal cancer surgery. This technique is focused on an intact package of the tumour and its main lymphatic ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Lymph Node Excision'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Administration of high-dose interleukin-2 in a 2-year-old with metastatic melanoma. 13 Dec 2009
• Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the extremity and nodal metastasis: Is the in-transit lymphatic system at risk? 13 Dec 2009
• Standardized surgery for colonic cancer: complete mesocolic excision and central ligation--technical notes and outcome. 3 Nov 2009
• Invited commentary. 30 Oct 2009
• Colon interposition after esophagectomy with extended lymphadenectomy for esophageal cancer. 30 Oct 2009
• Quantitative analysis of survivin RNA expression in blood as a non-invasive predictor of response to neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy in esophageal cancer. 30 Oct 2009
• Impact of surgical staging in locally advanced cervical cancer and subsequent chemotherapy. 30 Oct 2009
• Comparative study of endoscopic thyroidectomy versus conventional open thyroidectomy in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) patients. 30 Oct 2009
• A retrospective comparison of clinical outcomes and quality of life measures between definitive chemoradiation alone and radical surgery for clinical stage II-III esophageal carcinoma. 30 Oct 2009
• Immediate reconstruction with an expander/implant following ablatio mammae because of breast cancer : side effects and cosmetic results after adjuvant chest wall radiotherapy. 4 Oct 2009
• Survival benefit with radiation therapy in node-positive breast carcinoma patients. 4 Oct 2009
• A glimpse of future management of melanoma. 29 Sep 2009
• Micrometastases in sentinel lymph nodes: few data make for hard decisions. 29 Sep 2009
• Secondary central compartment surgery for thyroid cancer. 29 Sep 2009
• Scientific Impact Award: Axillary reverse mapping (ARM) to identify and protect lymphatics draining the arm during axillary lymphadenectomy. 29 Sep 2009
• Routine bilateral central lymph node clearance for papillary thyroid cancer. 29 Sep 2009
• Assessment of neuropathic pain in primary care. 29 Sep 2009
• Lymphadenectomy for patients with cervical cancer: is it of value? 29 Sep 2009
• Chemotherapy followed by surgery in patients with carcinoma of the distal esophagus and celiac lymph node involvement. 29 Sep 2009
• Technical feasibility and safety of laparoscopy-assisted total gastrectomy in gastric cancer: a comparative study with laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy. 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Lymph Node Excision'

Definition: Surgical excision of one or more lymph nodes. Its most common use is in cancer surgery. (From Dorland, 28th ed, p966)

Descriptor UI: D008197

Alternative terms: Lymph Node Excision; Excision, Lymph Node; Excisions, Lymph Node; Lymph Node Excisions; Lymphadenectomy; Lymphadenectomies; Lymph Node Dissection; Dissection, Lymph Node; Dissections, Lymph Node; Lymph Node Dissections; Node Dissection, Lymph; Node Dissections, Lymph;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; rehabilitation; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E04.446;

Technical Notes: coord IM with site of lymph nodes (NIM) but RADICAL NECK DISSECTION is available; do not use /util except by MeSH definition