An oncology nurse treated her patients throughout the worst days of the pandemic—but a golf ball–size lump was a clue to her ...

Cancer cells that have spread into lymph nodes, whether near the original location or elsewhere, may indicate that the cancer ...

But new studies show that no matter what kind of tattoo you get--a samll one or large back tattoo, microscopic particles from tattoos can travel within the body and reach the lymph nodes, researchers ...

The accuracy of FDG-PET scans for staging of lymph nodes is too low to replace invasive nodal staging. It is unknown whether the accuracy of integrated FDG-PET/CT scanning makes invasive staging ...

The existence of specialised structures that allow a continuous exchange of CSF between different anatomical compartments at ...

The good news is that if we can accurately predict who is going to develop lymphedema, //we can often avoid lymphedema altogether or slow down the pace at which it tends to accumulate over time,” said ...

ASCO Guidelines provide recommendations with comprehensive review and analyses of the relevant literature for each recommendation, following the guideline development process as outlined in the ASCO ...

Rarely, AML will first appear as a myeloid sarcoma, with no leukemia cells in the bone marrow. Rarely, AML can spread to lymph nodes and make them bigger. Lymph nodes are the bean-sized collections of ...

Symptoms include swollen lymph nodes. It can indicate an underlying health problem, such as an infection, stress, leukemia, or lymphoma. Lymphocytosis can have many possible causes, and some may ...

These cancers tend to grow very slowly and usually develop in only one lobe of the thyroid gland. They sometimes spread to the lymph nodes in the neck. But even when this happens, they can often be ...

Background: Transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is an established method for sampling mediastinal lymph nodes to aid in diagnosing lymphadenopathy and in staging lung cancers. Real-time ...

Number, location, size and extranodal extension (ENE) of metastatic lymph nodes were assessed and correlated with response to initial therapy. Results: A greater number of metastatic nodes, larger ...