… Giuliano kindly asked that I … E Staining and the Use of Immunohistochemical Techniques
Facilitated By Identification of a Single or Double Sentinel Node.” The difference Dr. Giuliano …

Answer questions and earn CME/CNE The revision of the eighth edition of the primary tumor,
lymph node, and metastasis (TNM) classification of the American Joint Commission of …

Background: Preclinical and observational studies suggest a relationship between dietary
fat intake and breast cancer, but the association remains controversial. We carried out a …

BACKGROUND Lymphatic mapping with sentinel lymph node biopsy has the potential for
reducing the morbidity associated with breast carcinoma staging. It has become a widely used …

Ceramide glycosylation, through glucosylceramide synthase (GCS), allows cellular escape
from ceramide‐induced programmed cell death. This glycosylation event confers cancer cell …

Background American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z0010 is a prospective multicenter
trial designed to evaluate the prognostic significance of micrometastases in the sentinel …

Methods: American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z0011 was a prospective trial
examining survival of patients with SN metastases detected by standard H and E, who were …

PURPOSE: Immediate complete axillary lymphadenectomy (ALND) after sentinel lymphadenectomy
(SLND) has confirmed that tumor-negative sentinel nodes accurately predict tumor-…

Context Sentinel lymph node dissection (SLND) accurately identifies nodal metastasis of early
breast cancer, but it is not clear whether further nodal dissection affects survival. Objective …

The surgical management of the axilla in early breast cancer has significantly evolved over
the past several decades. This chapter details the history of sentinel node dissection, as well …