... Breast and Bowel Project: Technical outcomes of sentinel -lymph- node resection and conventional axillarylymph -node dissection in patients with clinical node- negative patients with breast cancer: ... Sentinel -lymph- node resection compared with conventional axillary -lymph- node dissection in clinical node- negative patients with breast cancer: overall survival findings from NSABP B-32 randomized ... an attempt to reduce lymphatically related complications and has been shown to reduce operative times and reduce lymphatic spillage with similar rates of lymphnode harvest for both modified lateral...
... of stagingand guide further therapy including therapeutic lymphnode dissection and adjuvant radiation Currently, there is no consensus agreement on the standard of care staging practice for ... sentinel lymphnode procedures performed for the primary diagnosis of cutaneous SCC The Medline, Ovid and Cochrane Library databases were searched using the following terms: sentinel lymph node, ... Sentinel lymphnode (SLN) biopsy has been widely accepted as a minimally invasive and highly accurate technique for detecting occult nodal metastases in breast cancerand cutaneous melanoma and has...
... of TP, TN, FN, and FP for frozen section analysis compared to permanent section analysis for confirming the presence of metastatic disease within sentinel lymphnode candidates for invasive lobular ... Sentinel lymphnode mapping and biopsy for breast cancer at a rural-based university medical center: initial experience with intraparenchymal and intradermal injection routes Breast Cancer 2002, ... section analysis using hand-stained, routine H&E staining for confirming the presence of metastatic disease within SLN candidates during breast cancer surgery for ILC and IDC, several relevant...
... on Cancer, American Cancer Society: AJCC CancerStaging Manual New York, NY: Springer-Verlag;, 2010 Bui L, Rempel E, Reeson D, Simunovic M: Lymphnode counts, rates of positive lymph nodes, and ... assessment of lymphnode metastases Diseases of the colon and rectum 1994, 37:373-376, discussion 376-377 Jestin P, Pahlman L, Glimelius B, Gunnarsson U: Cancerstagingand survival in colon cancer ... examined for adequate staging of Stage II and III colon cancer patients Collection of ≥ 20 LNs, however, was associated with reduced risk of recurrence and improved survival for Stage II but not for...
... pathological diagnosis of pure DCIS does not always guarantee the absence of lymphnode metastasis For many years, it has been believed that DCIS is associated with the absence of lymphnode metastasis, ... nodes [10], an axillary dissection was performed in this patient There is much debate concerning the association between preoperative invasive procedures fordiagnosisand the likelihood of lymph ... A randomized comparison of sentinel -node biopsy with routine axillary dissection in breast cancer N Engl J Med 2003, 349:546-553 Kim T, Giuliano AE, Lyman GH: Lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph...
... be estimated and with that the PTV margin for the lymph nodes can be determined For the bladder treatment used at our department this method is not an option, because the lymph nodes are being ... rectum, pelvic lymph nodes, femoral heads and small bowel were delineated as well In consideration of daily on-line position correction, a CTV - PTVtumor margin of mm and a lymphnode (ln) PTVln ... figure shows that for option most simulations resulted in a ΔD99% of less than 1.0 Gy, where for option and the ΔD99% exceeds 2.0 Gy in a number of simulations For the lymph nodes option (no correction)...
... was responsible for the primary concept and the design of the study; DCW, NC, ZM and SB performed the data capture and analysis NC and DCW drafted the manuscript; DCW and CC performed the statistical ... patients were RPA or and they underwent resection of the metastasis and WBRT with (n = 102) or without (n = 99) a RTB The median OS was 18 and 9.5 months (p < 0.001) for the former and latter group, ... differences were observed when stratified by centers, except for dose andlungcancer type (Table 1) Sixteen (30%) and 37 (70%) patients presented with and without extracranial disease, respectively KPS...
... patients were female, and male Three cases are limited small cell lungcancer (SCLC), and are locally-advanced non small cell lungcancer (NSCLC) All patients’ Karnofsky performance status (KPS) ... JL and XZ participated in the design and coordination of the study, and helped to analyze the data LW, XD, and WJ conceived of the study, and participated in its design and coordination, and ... (GTV) and volume of the trachea and main bronchi The following dosimetric parameters were generated from the DVH for total normal lung: mean lung dose (MLD), andlung volumes receiving more than...
... (MIP) for target volume generation in 4DCT scans forlungcancer Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005, 63(1):253-60 17 (Critical structures in): RTOG 0617, a randomized phase III comparison of standard- ... Physiological respiratory motion is a major challenge forlungcancer RT The range of motion can reach an average up to 12 ± mm for tumors in the lower lung lobes [18] Giraud et al., observed large diaphragm ... consistent and predictive parameters for radiation induced lung toxicity are the V20 and the mean lung dose (MLD) [22,23] It is widely accepted that keeping V20
... IGTVMIP, and IGTVMIP-Modified) For stage III disease, involved hilar or mediastinallymph nodes were contoured and analyzed independently Delineation Figure data set 4-D CT of IGTV for stage I lung ... development of image -guided radiotherapy (IGRT) has allowed for more accurate tumor targeting, so it is rapidly replacing conventional radiotherapy forlungcancer [2] In order to account for tumor motion, ... stage I and stage III disease for both IGTVMIP and IGTVMIP-Modified Overestimation for IGTVMIP-Modified was slightly higher than that for IGTVMIP, but both percentages were lower than 5.0% for the...
... primary tumor and the enlarged lymph nodes in each section The optimal visualization parameters were defined in a prior study, with -600/1600 UH for the pulmonary window and +20/400 for the mediastinal ... ZY: Strategy for dose escalation using 3dimensional conformal radiation therapy forlungcancer Ann Oncol 1995, 6:693-7 Armstrong J: Target volume definition for three-dimensional conformal radiation ... status of PET/CT for tumour volume definition in radiotherapy treatment planning for non-small cell lungcancer (NSCLC) LungCancer 2007, 57:125-134 Publish with Bio Med Central and every scientist...
... withdrawn and the primary tumor alone is treated to 79,2 Gy V20 right and left lungand V25 both lungs is 49%, 22% and 26%, respectively V50 for the heart is 2% Peripheral tumor located lateral and ... involved lymph nodes and elective lymphnode stations, defined as the region about to cm cranial to macroscopically involved nodes In contouring of the organs at risk, the GTV is excluded from the lung ... tinely forlungcancer patients in all stages During the past years, this technique has continuously been evolved with regard to optimizing the procedures for quality assurance and raising conformity...
... smokers with suspected lungcancer could be used as a lungcancer biomarker In this data set, genes were confirmed to be differentially expressed between cancerous samples and non-cancerous samples ... highly ranked by BMI are generally relevant to cancer development or diagnosis, thus BMI appears to be useful for identifying potential biomarkers forlungcancer Conclusions In this work, a filter-based ... project and the other from smokers with and without lungcancer BMI was compared with other popular filter-based feature selection methods on both data set and showed competitive performance...
... accompany 'Lung cancer: the diagnosisand treatment of lungcancer' London: NICE; 2005 Comptroller and Auditor General: The performance of the NHS cervical screening programme in England, HC 678 ... Patients: Cancer British Journal of Cancer 2005, 92:1959-1970 The Information Centre for Health and Social Care: National lungcancer audit: key findings about the quality of care for people with lung ... 32:155-165 National Institute for Clinical Excellence: Clinical Guideline 24: Lung cancer: the diagnosisand treatment of lungcancer London: NICE; 2005 National Institute for Clinical Excellence:...
... parent is diagnosed with breast cancer The diagnosis of breast cancer generates momentous psychological and physical challenges for all family members, and this diagnosis adds a new variable to ... 2010) In order to adapt and cope with their breast cancerdiagnosisand prognosis, patients most often turn to close family members and friends for support as opposed to formal healthcare professionals ... Company, The Little Red Door Cancer Agency, Cancer Care, Inc., Revolution Health Group, National Breast Cancer, Cancer Compass, Susan G Komen for the Cure, and Dana Faber Cancer Institute Finally,...
... usually has layers of nodes At each node different logic operations like ANDand OR are performed for propagation Fault-trees have been used in a variety of risk assessment and reliability analysis ... the row sum for the current sample and ff is the score for the current sample The limits for the and statistics are calculated in the same was as in equations (2.6) and (2.12) except for the replacement ... „cause‟ nodes to the „effect‟ nodes SDGs provide a very efficient way of representing qualitative models graphically and have been the most widely used form of causal knowledge for process fault diagnosis...
... usually has layers of nodes At each node different logic operations like ANDand OR are performed for propagation Fault-trees have been used in a variety of risk assessment and reliability analysis ... the row sum for the current sample and ff is the score for the current sample The limits for the and statistics are calculated in the same was as in equations (2.6) and (2.12) except for the replacement ... „cause‟ nodes to the „effect‟ nodes SDGs provide a very efficient way of representing qualitative models graphically and have been the most widely used form of causal knowledge for process fault diagnosis...
... set at cycle time = 29.6 for CK19, 28.5 for CEA, and 30.0 for beta-actin Results OSNA and histology Figure A) H&E staining and B) CK-19 immunohistochemistry of lymphnode metastases from colon ... Therefore an interdisciplinary dialogue and planning is indispensable for this procedure Furthermore lymphnode harvesting in fresh tissue is much harder compared with formalin fixed material and ... Conditions for CK19, CEA and beta-actin qRT-PCR were recently reported and described elsewhere [20,21] Primer sequences for amplification of CEA were: 5’AGACAATCACAGTCTCTGCGGA-3’ (forward) and 5’-...
... presented lymphnode metastasis at diagnosis (N1), another 11 cases presented lymphnode disease during follow up (N1f) and the median time for it be diagnosed Page of (page number not for citation ... the lymphnode metastasis in all cases is presented in Table 21 of those patients underwent lymphnode dissection, and of them recurred at the lymphnode basin Of 11 patients who presented lymph ... to lymphnode metastasis as: N0 – patients with no evidence of lymphnode metastasis at presentation; N0f – patients with no evidence of lymphnode metastasis at any time; N1 – patients with lymph...
... SUVmax for primary and recurrent prostate cancer The maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) is given for primary and recurrent prostate cancer receiving a Choline-PET/CT fordiagnosisand radiotherapy ... rates are shown for recurrent (n = 17; dashed line) and primary prostate cancer (n = 7; blue solid line) The and year BRFS rates are 83.3% and 83.3% for primary, and 82.5% and 48.9% for recurrent ... rates are shown for recurrent (n = 15; blue solid line) and primary prostate cancer (n = 7; dashed line) The and year DDFS rates are 100% and 75% for primary, and 90% and 75% for recurrent tumours...