"Our findings suggest that, in the condition of negative sentinel lymph nodes, omitting pelvic lymphadenectomy does not compromise disease-free survival of cervical cancer patient ...

In this randomized, non-inferiority trial, the omission of surgical axillary staging was noninferior to sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with clinically node-negative, T1 or T2 invasive breast ...

In patients with a negative sentinel lymph node biopsy, omitting pelvic lymphadenectomy does not compromise disease-free ...

N1 Single lymph node metastasis, 2 cm or less in greatest ... Intraoperative frozen biopsy and sentinel lymph nodes technique have not shown sufficient accuracy to avoid extended lymphadenectomy ...

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Are lymph nodes removed during a mastectomy? During a mastectomy, most people have a sentinel lymph node biopsy. This is a procedure that removes 1 or more lymph nodes from the underarm area. These ...