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Clinical Articles / BY: Kristy Cho, MD, FRCSC May 2014
... require nodal sampling with either a sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) or axillary dissection. Occasionally, pathologic examination of the excised node(s) identifies isolated tumor cells with a maximum ... domains involving pain, social, and physical performance,[ 20 ] preoperative CNB diagnosis assists with treatment ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rana S. A. Khan, MBBS, January/February 2013
... survival, recurrence of tumor, resection margin, or lymph node harvest for both total number and number of positive ... surgical oncology technique (resection margins, lymph node count), operating time, conversion rate, and duration of ... male) at Chilliwack Hospital. Patients ranged in age from 20 to 90 (mean 68 years) and exhibited the disease ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD January/February 2008
... gingi­vitis and a 1-cm tender left axillary lymph node. Chest auscultation was limited by the patient’s ... 50 U/L), and aspartate aminotrasferase level was normal at 20 and rose to 44 U/L (reference range < 36 U/L).  Bilirubin ... days and the cough and emesis resolved. The left axillary node became nontender and gingivitis abated. By day 4 in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: H.F. Kennecke, MD, MHA, FRCPC, April 2006
... into a benefit of 6% in absolute terms. In patients with node-positive breast cancer there was also a 40% reduction in ... risk of breast cancer occurrence. Women who had low-grade node-negative disease had a very low risk (3%) of breast ... a baseline bone density test should be performed. [20]  AIs may also have an adverse effect on lipid profile ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ian Gardiner, MD December 2005
... view of the pectoral fascia and the internal mammary lymph node chain. The large field of view also permits assessment ... Although no registry is kept, it is thought that more than 20 000 women in British Columbia have had a breast ... therapy or chemotherapy the patient may receive later. [20]  Furthermore, most sites in British Columbia lack the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Charmaine Kim-Sing, MD, ChB, FRCPC October 2004
... nulliparity, later age at first birth (>30 years versus <20 years), later age at menopause (>55 years versus <45 ... 70% to 80% lifetime risk of developing breast cancer and a 20% to 40% lifetime risk of developing ovarian cancer. [3,4] ... for cancers that were greater than 2 cm in size, lymph node negative, and estrogen receptor (ER) positive. The most ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Amil Shah, MDCM, FRCPC, FACP May 2000
... 5FU-folinic acid compared with 5FU-folinic acid (40% vs 20%), and time to tumor progression was significantly ... At present, transmural extension of rectal cancer or lymph node metastasis for rectal and colon cancers are the major ... lymphatic invasion); techniques for detecting occult lymph node metastasis (immunoperoxidase staining for cytoker-atin ...
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