A swollen lymph node can be a bit like your body’s version of a red flag: When one of these bean-shaped clusters of immune cells in your neck, armpit, or groin puffs up, it’s typically an indication ...

As I was getting up from my visit with Mrs. Gregory, her right hand went to the base of her neck. Dr. Smith, do you think this little lump is ...

Lymph nodes are small glands that filter lymph, the clear fluid that circulates through the lymphatic system. During an infection, they accumulate bacteria or dead or diseased cells and may swell.

ATLANTA - When your radiologist pours over your mammogram, Dr. Henry Krebs says, they are looking for a change. "We're looking, is this different from what the patient looked like last year, is this ...

Lymph nodes are found throughout the body. The most common ones that can be felt are both in the front and back of the neck, under the armpits and in the groin. One can also find them around the ...

A conservative approach to removing lymph nodes is associated with less harm for breast cancer patients and often yields the same results as more radical procedures, researchers have found. A ...

A breakthrough study published last week showed that some breast cancer patients don’t need to have cancerous lymph nodes under their arms removed. That is great news for the estimated 20 percent of ...

Myths and Facts: Continuing our series, GP and paediatrics specialist Dr David Capehorn debunks some common myths and explains some less well understood facts about cervical lymphadenopathy in ...

Uncontrollable regional disease has a major negative impact on quality of life, and is worth preventing when possible. The third interim analysis of MSLT-I showed that among patients with nodal ...

Bailey is not sick and, according to Martha, has never been sick. But about a year ago, the 9-year-old chow chow developed multiple lumps in various areas on her body. She had some under her neck and ...

A total of 751 women clinically node negative post-NACT underwent LAS (excision of lymph node [LN] and fat below first intercostobrachial nerve). Of these women, 730 also underwent SNB by dual ...

Phase III randomized trial of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) followed by radical hysterectomy (RH) versus RH for bulky stage I/II cervical cancer: Update of Japan Clinical Oncology Group (JCOG) ...