Detecting occult metastases in lymph nodes not associated with overall survival in breast cancer Date: July 26, 2011 Source: JAMA and Archives Journals Summary: Sentinel lymph node metastases ...

Occult Metastases in Breast Cancer do not Affect Survival Substantially Abigail S. Caudle, MD; Henry Mark Kuerer, MD, PhD, FACS Disclosures Journal Watch 0 ...

(HealthDay News) — Occult axillary lymph node metastases do not appear to affect overall or recurrence-free survival in patients with early-stage breast cancer, according to research published ...

The survival of patients with non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), even when resectable, remains poor. Several small studies suggest that occult metastases (OMs) in pleura, bone marrow (BM), or lymph ...

In 368 patients with axillary node-negative invasive breast cancer, treated between 1976 and 1978 by mastectomy, axillary dissection, and no systemic therapy, we reexamined the axillary tissue blocks ...

Objective: Accurate predictors for occult metastasis in cT1-2N0 tongue squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) remains scarce, the main goal in current study was to evaluate whether there is significant ...

The number and localization of labeled metastatic cells (occult metastases) were recorded. In 29 of the 103 patients (28%), SN were found to be metastatic after standard examination.

One of the patients had a primary resection with no neck treatment. This patient eventually developed metastases in the neck two month post-surgery (occult disease). The overall positive lymph nodes ...

Research Highlight Published: 27 May 2014 Testicular cancer Identifying occult metastatic seminoma using two small RNAs Sarah Payton Nature Reviews Urology 11, 306 (2014) Cite this article ...

The authors report a case of an orbital metastasis from an occult breast carcinoma. A 66-year-old woman presented with a growing left orbital tumour. Orbital CT scan was consistent with lymphoma.