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Pelvic/Para-Aortic Lymphadenectomy May Improve Survival Time From Endometrial Cancer

March 11, 2010 —Systematic removal of pelvic as well as para-aortic lymph nodes may improve survival time vs pelvic lymphadenectomy alone in patients at medium to high risk for endometrial cancer ...
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Long-term survival in patients with para-aortic lymph node metastasis with systematic retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy in endometrial carcinoma

Phase I/II study to evaluate the optimum dose of pegylated-interferon (PEG INTRON) in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ...
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Role of para-aortic lymph node sampling in pancreatic cancer surgery.

The role of immunotherapy on the survival of pancreatic cancer patients. A phase I/II study combining a TMZ-CD40L/4-1BBL-armed oncolytic adenovirus and nab-paclitaxel ...
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Which is accurate, CT or MRI?

Paraaortic lymph node metastasis in patients with pancreatico-biliary carcinoma has been reported as a definite predictor of early recurrence and shorter survival term. This study, performed by a team ...
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Comment on ‘Contribution of pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy with sentinel node biopsy in patients with IB2–IIB cervical cancer’

We read with great interest the article published by Chéreau et al (2012) demonstrating the interest of the detection of micrometastases in the locally advanced cervical cancers (LACC) by the sentinel ...