From: utsouthwestern.edu Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed a novel artificial intelligence (AI) model to improve the detection of breast cancer metastasis, which could reduce the need for needle or surgical biopsies. The noninvasive model uses standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), paired with machine learning AI, to detect axillary metastasis – the presence of cancer cells in the …
Omitting ALND Does Not Alter Systemic Therapy Decisions in Breast Cancer
By: Mike Bassett From: medpagetoday.com Omission of axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) resulted in understaging of breast cancer patients with clinically node-positive disease, but was not associated with systemic treatment decisions in the upfront surgery and post-neoadjuvant setting, observational data suggested. The findings came from a substudy of TAXIS, an international randomized trial testing either ALND or axillary radiotherapy (ART) …