Lymphatic metastasis is the main prognostic factor for survival of patients with breast cancer
and other epithelial malignancies. Mounting clinical and experimental data suggest that …

Background The prognostic relevance of isolated tumor cells and micrometastases in lymph
nodes from patients with breast cancer has become a major issue since the introduction of …

Background The association of isolated tumor cells and micrometastases in regional lymph
nodes with the clinical outcome of breast cancer is unclear. Methods We identified all …

Purpose For women with breast cancer, the role of completion axillary lymph node
dissection (ALND) after identification of nodal metastases by sentinel lymph node biopsy …

OBJECTIVE: Evaluate prognostic significance of low volume disease detected in sentinel
nodes (SN) of patients with early stages cervical cancer. Although pathologic ultrastaging of …

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for women in the United States.
Of the different subtypes, estrogen receptor–negative (ER−) tumors, which are ErbB2+ or …

Breast tumor progression is a complex process involving intricate crosstalk between the
primary tumor and its microenvironment. In the context of breast tumor‐lymphatic …

It is widely accepted that macrophages and other inflammatory cells support tumor
progression and metastasis. During early stages of neoplastic development, tumor …

Purpose The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic significance of lymph node
micrometastases in patients with breast cancer. Patients and Methods Between September …

Background Previous studies have documented lower breast cancer survival among women
with lower socioeconomic status (SES) in the United States. In this study, I examined the …