Heather Barry, a 36-year-old mom of three, said in an interview with ‘Today’ that she saw doctors for months due to ...

Intraoperative frozen biopsy and sentinel lymph nodes technique have not shown sufficient accuracy to avoid extended lymphadenectomy, due to the significant rates of skip lymphatic metastasis.

The first patient with locally advanced rectal cancer has been enrolled in the FORTRESS study which is evaluating the ...

Lymphocytes are white blood cells that help the body fight infection and disease. The healthy range for an adult is between 1,000 and 4,800 lymphocytes per microliter (µL) of blood. Doctors will ...

Life expectancy for people with metastatic or metastasized lung cancer is low. The 5-year survival rate for small cell lung cancer is 3%, and 8% for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). 25-30% of ...

Anal cancer is a rare type of cancer that affects the anus (the opening through which stool leaves the body) or nearby areas, from the skin just outside the anus to the canal that connects the anus to ...

These bean-shaped lumps may be painful and feel hard. Lymph nodes are organs in the lymphatic system. They house immune cells and serve to filter foreign particles from body fluids. They can enlarge ...

They can tell you if the symptoms are caused by your treatment and give you advice on how they can be managed. Surgery to remove lymph nodes in the neck (neck dissection) can cause changes in the neck ...

The stage of lung cancer is determined using the TNM classification system, which categorizes the severity of the disease based on three conditions: The size and extent of the primary tumor (T) ...