Extended lymph node dissection fails to increase long-term survival among gastric cancer patients
Alexandria, VA-- Extended lymph node dissection a treatment for gastric cancer involving the surgical removal of lymph nodes near the tumor, in distant areas of the stomach, and in some cases, in combination with the removal of the spleen and pancreas tail has shown no long-term survival benefit for gastric cancer patients, according to the largest randomized trial of limited and extended lymph...Analysis suggests women treated for breast cancer do better with axillary node dissection
. . .NOTE TO EDITORS: A videotaped interview with Dr. Carol Scott-Conner is available.upon request. Please contact Tom Moore at 319-356-3945.. . . .IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The good news: The rate of breast-conserving surgery to treat.breast cancer has increased steadily since the mid 1980s. The potential bad.news: Many women with early stages of the disease do not receive axillary node.dissections as....Two papers published in the May 19 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.suggest that a nonsurgical technique is safe and effective for treating people.with aortic dissection, a condition that begins with a tear injury that.progressively expands through the aorta, the large artery carrying blood from.the heart to the rest of the body.. .Aortic dissection is one of the most dangerous dise...