Lymph node status is one of the most important prognostic factors in cutaneous malignant melanoma. According to the 2002 American Joint committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging for cutaneous melanoma, the ...

Digital pathology company Paige has launched a new artificial-intelligence-powered tool for researchers designed to help catch cases of breast cancer that have metastasized to nearby lymph nodes. The ...

Scientists with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have created an engineered model of the supportive tissue found within a lymph node to study human health. Working with scientists at ...

Results from the PHENIX-I trial support skipping pelvic lymphadenectomy in women with early cervical cancer who have a negative sentinel lymph node biopsy. Omitting pelvic lymphadenectomy in these ...

Open surgery for prostate cancer is associated with fewer genitourinary complications. In patients with suspicious lymph node involvement at preoperative imaging, radiation therapy or radical ...

Lymph node metastasis occurs in "metastatic" lymph nodes, lymph nodes that have been infected by cancer from elsewhere in the body. A part of the immune system, lymph nodes are tiny ovals placed ...

A lymph node biopsy is a test that checks for disease in your lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are small, oval-shaped organs located in different parts of your body. They’re found close to internal organs ...

In 2023, Jack David was on his family’s annual trip to Priest Lake, Idaho, when he woke up in the middle of that vacation and felt a swollen lymph node. He made a few jokes about what it could be, ...

Scientists say they have developed an artificial lymph node with the potential to treat cancer, according to a new study in mice and human cells. Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have ...