Axillary surgery for breast cancer may be followed, months to years later, by chronic arm
lymphedema. A simple 'stopcock'mechanism (reduced lymph drainage from the entire limb …

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 …

Purpose Sentinel lymph node biopsy is an essential staging tool in patients with clinically
localized melanoma. The harvesting of a sentinel lymph node entails a sequence of …

Background Lymph node dissection is often performed as a part of surgical treatment for
breast cancer and malignant melanoma to prevent malignant cells from traveling via the …

Few things are as interesting to us as our own bodies and, by extension, our own identities.
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the relationship between the body …

Professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs) are sentinel cells of the immune system that
present antigen to T lymphocytes and mediate an appropriate immune response. It is …

Purpose To reassess traditional ultrasound descriptors of sentinel lymph node (SLN)
metastases, to determine the minimum cross-sectional area (CSA) of an SLN metastasis …

Background Vascularized lymph node transfer (VLNT) has shown promise as a treatment for
breast cancer–related lymphedema, a common and debilitating condition among breast …

Background: There is an increasing clinical need for accurate evaluation of the lymphatic
anatomy of the head and neck. Methods: Fourteen halves of the superficial tissues of the …

Purpose To investigate whether single photon emission computed tomography camera with
integrated radiographic computed tomography (SPECT/CT) is of additional value compared …