Barium enema, proctosigmoidoscopy and upper gastrointestinal series in the preoperative evaluation of the cancer patient

Diagnostic scalene node biopsy in the pr

Diagnostic scalene node biopsy in the preoperative evaluation of the surgical cancer patient. Five-year experience with 108 cases and literature review

✍ Alfred S. Ketcham; William F. Sindelar; Edward L. Felix; Demetrius H. Bagley 📂 Article 📅 1976 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 468 KB

Records were reviewed of 108 consecutive patients with a variety of surgically approachable malignancies undergoing scalene node biopsy as part of a preoperative staging evaluation. Metastases to the scalene nodes were detected in 12 patients (11.1%). I n six patients the scalene nodes were clinical