November 6, 2009 (Chicago, Illinois) — A molecular intraoperative technique for assessing sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) in breast cancer patients compares well with intraoperative cytology in ...

Sentinel Lymph Nodes. From 646 patients a total of 1,255 sentinel nodes were evaluated by intraoperative imprint cytology (median, 2.0 SLN/patient).

The impact of positive peritoneal cytology on the prognosis of cervical cancer is controversial. Thus, we performed a meta-analysis to determine its impact on recurrence, and to investigate ...

Ultrasound (US) and US-guided fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) prior to sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in melanoma patients: Accuracy of US-FNAC and lack of further improvement by RT-PCR of ...

Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) and Cytology . Thyroid. 2003;13(1) In This Article. ... the presence of lymph node metastases is a heavily weighted factor that negatively impacts on mortality.

The eligibility criteria are as follows: 1) histologically-proven invasive breast cancer, 2) upfront surgery is planned, 3) pathologically-diagnosed metastatic lymph node (cytology or core needle ...