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Many women with HR–positive, HER2–negative breast cancer may be exposed to unnecessary axillary surgery, new data show.

Some patients with breast cancer may be able to skip axillary lymph node dissection if they plan to have adjuvant nodal radiation.

Women with early breast cancer can safely undergo less extensive axillary surgery because it has no impact on recurrence or mortality rates but reduces the risk for lymphedema, a meta-analysis shows.

AEGEAN is one of the first studies of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the perioperative settings to demonstrate improved EFS and pCR with no effect on surgical outcomes.

Investigators say bladder-preserving treatment should be offered to all patients, not just poor surgical candidates.

Pathology analysis of sentinel lymph nodes during mastectomy for early stage breast cancer is more likely to result in over-aggressive axillary management, suggested a US study.

Risk factors for melanoma in children are like those in adults, and include a family history of melanoma, large/giant congenital nevi, and the presence of many atypical appearing nevi.

The lack of supporting evidence in the management of pediatric differentiated thyroid carcinoma means cultural divergences and expert opinion drive the differences between US and European guidelines.

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the high-risk population demonstrated favorable pathologic responses, and was well tolerated.

Metaverse and Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (RATS) took centre stage as technology and innovation was in focus on the opening day of Arab Health and Medlab Middle East on January 24.