scholarly journals Excision margins and sentinel lymph node status as prognostic factors in thick melanoma of the head and neck: A retrospective analysis

Head & Neck ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. 1373-1379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Ruskin ◽  
Alexandra Sanelli ◽  
Alan Herschtal ◽  
Angela Webb ◽  
Ben Dixon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prognostic Factors ◽  
Lymph Node ◽  
Sentinel Lymph Node ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Retrospective Analysis ◽  
Lymph Node Status ◽  
Node Status ◽  
Excision Margins ◽  
Thick Melanoma ◽  
Sentinel Lymph Node Status

scholarly journals Predicting of Sentinel Lymph Node Status in Breast Cancer Patients with Clinically Negative Nodes: A Validation Study

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 352
Author(s):  
Annarita Fanizzi ◽  
Domenico Pomarico ◽  
Angelo Paradiso ◽  
Samantha Bove ◽  
Sergio Diotaiuti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prognostic Factors ◽  
Lymph Node ◽  
Sentinel Lymph Node ◽  
Lymph Nodes ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Lymph Node Status ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Ki 67 ◽  
Node Status ◽  
Sentinel Lymph Node Status

In the absence of lymph node abnormalities detectable on clinical examination or imaging, the guidelines provide for the dissection of the first axillary draining lymph nodes during surgery. It is not always possible to arrive at surgery without diagnostic doubts, and machine learning algorithms can support clinical decisions. The web calculator CancerMath (CM) allows you to estimate the probability of having positive lymph nodes valued on the basis of tumor size, age, histologic type, grading, expression of estrogen receptor, and progesterone receptor. We collected 993 patients referred to our institute with clinically negative results characterized by sentinel lymph node status, prognostic factors defined by CM, and also human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and Ki-67. Area Under the Curve (AUC) values obtained by the online CM application were comparable with those obtained after training its algorithm on our database. Nevertheless, by training the CM model on our dataset and using the same feature, we reached a sensitivity median value of 72%, whereas the online one was equal to 46%, despite a specificity reduction. We found that the addition of the prognostic factors Her2 and Ki67 could help improve performances on the classification of particular types of patients with the aim of reducing as much as possible the false positives that lead to axillary dissection. As showed by our experimental results, it is not particularly suitable for use as a support instrument for the prediction of metastatic lymph nodes on clinically negative patients.

The Prognostic Significance of Sentinel Lymph Node Status for Patients with Thick Melanoma

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (S5) ◽  
pp. 938-945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle M. Bello ◽  
Gang Han ◽  
Laura Jackson ◽  
Kaleigh Bulloch ◽  
Stephan Ariyan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lymph Node ◽  
Sentinel Lymph Node ◽  
Prognostic Significance ◽  
Lymph Node Status ◽  
Node Status ◽  
Thick Melanoma ◽  
Sentinel Lymph Node Status

scholarly journals P234 The role of pre-operative CT staging in predicting the sentinel lymph node status

The Breast ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. S55
Author(s):  
S. Khawaja ◽  
A. Huws ◽  
R. Kannan ◽  
H. Sumrien ◽  
Y. Sharaiha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lymph Node ◽  
Sentinel Lymph Node ◽  
Lymph Node Status ◽  
Node Status ◽  
Sentinel Lymph Node Status
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