Radioembolization (RE) of liver cancer with 90 Y-microspheres has been applied in the last
two decades with notable responses and acceptable toxicity. Two types of microspheres are …

Background Although numerous studies have shown that the status of the sentinel node is
an accurate predictor of the status of the axillary nodes in breast cancer, the efficacy and …

Background Axillary lymph-node dissection is an important staging procedure in the surgical
treatment of breast cancer. However, early diagnosis has led to increasing numbers of …

BACKGROUND: Axillary lymph node dissection is an established component of the surgical
treatment of breast cancer, and is an important procedure in cancer staging; however, it is …

Objective: Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) is widely used to stage the axilla in breast cancer.
We present 10-year follow-up of our single-institute trial designed to compare outcomes in …

Background In women with breast cancer, sentinel-lymph-node biopsy (SLNB) provides
information that allows surgeons to avoid axillary-lymph-node dissection (ALND) if the SLN …

Background: Management of clinically occult breast lesions is still a major point of debate.
Several techniques (eg, skin projection, guidewire localization) have been proposed, but all of …

Methods: Two-hundred fifty patients with operable breast tumor underwent lymphoscintigraphy
before surgery. Three different size ranges of 99mTc-labeled colloid particles (< 50,< 80 …

A newly developed somatostatin radioligand, DOTA-[D-Phe 1 -Tyr 3 ]-octreotide (DOTATOC),
has been synthesised for therapeutic purposes, because of its stable and easy labelling …

While the incidence of brain tumours seems to be increasing, median survival in patients
with glioblastoma remains less than 1 year, despite improved diagnostic imaging and …