http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Women who have had the lymph nodes under their arm surgically removed during breast cancer treatment are warned to avoid certain practices that can cause lymphedema—a condition that causes chronic, painless swelling in the arm. Now, a new study published in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons suggests that the vast majority of women who undergo breast cancer operations worry about developing this complication and that this fear far exceeds their actual risk of getting lymphedema. In fact, most women adopt four to five commonly recommended measures to prevent this incurable condition despite little data supporting the efficacy of these precautionary behaviors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-breast-cancer-patients-lymphedema.html Surgery Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:44:18 EST news281018650 (HealthDay) -- Sentinel lymph node biopsy -- a minimally invasive surgical technique that lets doctors see whether cancer has spread -- should be performed on patients with melanoma tumors of intermediate thickness and may also be appropriate for thick melanoma tumors, according to new guidelines released Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-guidelines-issued-biopsy-melanoma-patients.html Cancer Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:10:01 EST news261074675 (HealthDay) -- For women with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the vulva, sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy may be safely used in place of inguinal femoral lymphadenectomy, according to research published online July 2 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-sentinel-node-biopsy-safe-vulvar.html Cancer Sun, 08 Jul 2012 05:51:48 EST news260945496 Contrary to a trend in treatment, breast cancer patients with suspicious lymph nodes should have an ultrasound-guided axillary node biopsy, and if that biopsy is positive these patients should undergo an axillary dissection, a new study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-breast-cancer-patients-positive-ultrasound.html Cancer Thu, 03 May 2012 04:20:01 EST news255233346 Nearly one in three women who have breast cancer surgery will need to return to the operating room for additional surgery after the tumor is evaluated by a pathologist. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-women-breast-cancer-surgeries-university.html Cancer Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:28:24 EST news249647296 A Johns Hopkins Children's Center study of young people with melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer, has found that some children have a higher risk of invasive disease than adults. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-invasive-melanoma-children-adults.html Cancer Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:17:56 EST news237050263 Patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma who underwent a procedure called sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNLB) had a lower risk of cancer recurrence after two years, according to a study by researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center. When the biopsy's results were used to guide subsequent tests and treatment, these patients had longer survival rates than patients who had not undergone the procedure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-sentinel-lymph-node-biopsy-outcomes_1.html Cancer Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:06:15 EST news236887470 A common technique for determining whether melanoma has spread can be used safely and effectively even in tumors from the head and neck area, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-sentinel-node-biopsy-safe-effective.html Cancer Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:01:44 EST news231760879