A new imaging dye, already approved for lymph node mapping in breast cancer and melanoma, is useful in patients with head and neck cancer, according to a new study. When used in conjunction with ...

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals announced data from its Phase 3 clinical study investigating 99m-Tc-Tilmanocept (Lymphoseek) in Sentinel Lymph Node (SLN) mapping in patients with head and neck squamous ...

Emma Rossi, MD, in the UNC Department of Obstetric and Gynecology's Division of Gynecologic Oncology, has published a study in Lancet Oncology online that identifies sentinel-lymph-node mapping as a ...

Outcome of trimodality-eligible esophagogastric cancer (EC) patients who declined surgery after preoperative chemoradiation. Background: Extended radical esophagectomy with three-field lymph node ...

Abbreviations: SLN, sentinel lymph node; FN, false negative; FNR, false-negative rate; PTPN, post-test probability negative; PVP, positive predictive value; NA, not available. PVP can not be ...

A green fluorescent dye beat the standard blue dye for mapping lymph nodes when the two were compared directly in women with uterine or cervical cancers. The finding comes from a phase 3 ...

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals ($NAVB) overcame an initial FDA rejection 6 months ago and finally obtained approval for Lymphoseek, a new radioactive diagnostic imaging ...

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals announced results from two Phase 3 clinical trials of Lymphoseek (technetium 99m tilmanocept) Injection in patients with melanoma of the skin, assessing the performance of ...

ANN ARBOR, MI – Patients who develop melanoma on their face, head or neck can have the same early-diagnosis surgical procedure to see if their cancer might spread as patients whose cancer is on less ...

The sentinel lymph node (SLN) is the lymph node that represents the 'gate-keeper' of the lymphatic basin; it is the first node to receive lymphatic drainage from the site of the primary tumor. SLN ...

Has the cancer spread? That's the fear for anyone who is fighting breast cancer. But a new procedure called Spy Phi is helping to answer the question and save lives. "This is the area of the body ...