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Oncology, Volume 56, Number 10, October 2011, Bryan Tutt, Sunni Hosemann

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

• Treating Cancer in Pregnant Patients: Pregnancy is usually a joyous, hopeful time; a cancer diagnosis can be devastating. When pregnancy and cancer occur together, they present special challenges for patients and physicians. Fortunately, these challenges often can be overcome by a multidisciplinary approach to treatment
• Compass: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Stage IIIA-Many factors affect treatment sequences
• HOUSE CALL: Understanding Cancer Risk and Risk Factors: Your risk factors might affect your need for cancer screening

Oncolog, Volume 56, Number 04-05, April-May 2011, Zach Bohannan, Bryan Tutt

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

• Understanding and Managing Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes: Endocrine tumors caused by multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes (MEN) pose a dual threat-both from the tumors' potential for growth or metastasis and from their hormonal secretions
• Two-Stage Resection and Improved Chemotherapy Regimens Lengthen Survival for Patients with Lever Metastasis from Colorectal Cancer
• HOUSE CALL: Saving a Life by Donating Stem Cells: Fact about stem cell transplants
• IN BRIEF: Study Reveals How EZH2 Protein Promotes Breast Tumor-Initiating Cell Growth

Issues Related To Sentinel Lymph Node Assessment In The Management Of Breast Cancer—What Are Relevant In Pathology Reports?, Patricia Tai, Kurian J. Joseph, Edward Yu

Edward Yu

Most cancer centers now perform sentinel node (SN) biopsies. The limited number of SNs sampled compared with an axillary dissection has allowed more comprehensive lymph node analysis resulting in increased detection of micrometastases. Many node-negative cases are now reclassified as micrometastatic. Recent research on SN biopsy focuses on whether axillary dissection is always necessary when the SN is positive. Some subgroups of patients have a higher risk of more nodal metastases when completion axillary dissections were performed. This paper summarizes the different studies and examines what are the clinically relevant items to report on SN node pathology: volume or size …