Axillary sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is a less invasive alternative to axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) for breast cancer staging.
What does LND stand for?
LND stands for Lymph Node Dissection
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2,3] Radical cystectomy (RC) and bilateral pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) have become the standard treatment option over the past 30 years with 30-day overall mortality of 1.
COMPLICATIONS OF AXILLARY LYMPH NODE DISSECTION FOR CARCINOMA OF THE BREAST: A REPORT BASED ON A PATIENT SURVEY.
A new study has shown that women with early breast cancer and positive lymph nodes lived just as long whether they had sentinel lymph node dissection (SLND) plus axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) or SLND alone.
Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) has been part of breast cancer surgery since the use of radical mastectomy and reliably identifies nodal metastases.
The chapter on Role of Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer discusses mediastinal lymph node dissection (MLND) and systematic lymph node sampling (SS); and the authors advocate for complete interlobar, hilar and mediastinal lymphadenectomy as compartment dissections in patients with NSCLC.