A common technique for determining whether melanoma has spread can be used safely and effectively even in tumors from the head and neck area, according to a new study from the University of Michigan ...

MSLT-I was the first and currently only randomized controlled trial to specifically study the accuracy, morbidity, risks and clinical outcomes of SLNB in the treatment of melanoma. To date, there have ...

Here, Physician Editor Kathryn Schwarzenberger, MD, FAAD, talks with Christian L. Baum, MD, FAAD, from the Mayo Clinic, about his Dermatologic Surgery paper, "Outcomes of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy ...

Even with prolonging the recruitment phase of the trial, the final analysis included 279 patients instead of the planned 310 patients; hence, although acceptable, the trial was slightly underpowered.

Barcelona, Spain: Using an ultrasound-guided fine needle to biopsy lymph nodes could spare thousands of melanoma patients every year worldwide from having to undergo unnecessary and sometimes ...

Background A 66-year-old Asian man presented with a tongue ulcer and without palpable metastases to the neck nodes. A thorough clinical examination of the head and neck region did not reveal any other ...

Clinico-pathologic correlates of BRAF mutation status in 207 consecutive patients with metastatic melanoma. Phase III, randomized, double-blind study of elesclomol and paclitaxel versus paclitaxel ...

Theoretically, the introduction of gas as a contrast material into the various soft-tissue planes of the mediastinum, pneumomediastinography, should be the ideal radiologic technic for outlining ...

Dick Vitale, the longtime ESPN NCAA college basketball commentator and analyst, said doctors diagnosed him with cancer that was detected after undergoing a biopsy of his Lymph Nodes in his neck. "I ...

Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Here, Physician Editor Kathryn Schwarzenberger, MD, FAAD, talks ...