... Lymph node status is the single most important prognostic factor in patients with breast carcinoma [Fitzgibbons et al., 2000]. Traditionally, it has been evaluated by routine axillary lymph node dissection performed concomitant with lumpectomy or mastectomy, but this practice has resulted...

... Plasma cell, myeloid, histiocytic and dendritic neoplasms rarely arise in lymph nodes (LNs) as primary processes, although they may involve LNs in unusual presentations or in advanced stages of the same diseases. Fine-needle cytology (FNC) can be useful in their diagnosis but, as in other...

... Abstract The role of systematic mediastinal lymph node dissection in the staging and treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the subject of ongoing debate. Surgical practice varies from simple visual inspection of the unopened mediastinum to radical, systematic lymphadenectomy of all...

... Abstract Lymph node status in prostate cancer is not only of prognostic but also of tremendous therapeuticrelevance. In case of positive lymph nodes (N+), common standards demand the renunciation of localcurative therapy (such as radiotherapy or radical prostatectomy) and hormonal withdrawal...

... Abstract Some studies have shown that a number of patients with positive lymph nodes may be potentiallycurable. Seventy-five lymph node-positive prostate cancer patients were treated by radiotherapy alone(36%) or by radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy (64%). The prostatic region...

... Abstract Lymphocytes were obtained from a lymph node biopsy from a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in whom B and T lymphocytes were present in equal percentages in the peripheral blood. The lymphocytes were examined for rosette formation with mouse and sheep erythrocytes in order...