Historically, research into the lymphatic system has been overlooked due to both a lack of
knowledge and limited recognition of its importance. In the last decade however, lymphatic …

Background Early identification of axillary lymph node metastasis (ALNM) in breast cancer
(BC) is still a clinical difficulty. There is still no good method to replace sentinel lymph node …

Long-awaited results from randomized clinical trials designed to test the validity of sentinel
lymph node biopsy (SLNB) as replacement of axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in …

Background To investigate the relationship between mammographic density measured in
four quadrants of a breast with the location of the occurred cancer. Methods One hundred …

BACKGROUND: Historical studies of lymphatic drainage of the breast have suggested that
the lymphatic drainage of the breast was to lymph nodes lying in the antero-pectoral group …

Detailed knowledge of the lymphatic drainage of the breast is limited. Lymphoscintigraphy is
a technique used during breast cancer treatment to accurately map patterns of lymphatic …

Background The identification and assessment of sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) in breast
cancer is important for optimised patient management. The aim of this study was to develop …

Purpose This study was aimed to assess the outcome of radiotherapy and determine
prognostic factors for survival in breast cancer patients with clinically overt metastasis to the …

Biomechanical models of the breast can be used to co-locate information between the
various medical images to identify tumour locations, while also providing the ability to predict …

According to axilla sentinel lymph node lymphatic drainage pattern, we hypothesized that
internal mammary sentinel lymph node (IM-SLN) receives lymphatic drainage from not only …