The axillary recurrence rate in the 115 patients (53%) who required further lymph node removal was 3.5%, with an overall ...

The lymphatic system is a network of tissues and organs, including the spleen, lymph nodes and vessels ... returns it to the bloodstream and helps remove waste and unhealthy cells.

One new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine examines whether removing lymph nodes is always necessary in early breast cancer. Another in the Journal of the American Medical ...

The lymph nodes remove these dangerous cells to keep you healthy. This is a critical part of your immune system. Swollen ...

Your surgeon might remove the part of your large bowel (colon) containing the cancer. This is called a colectomy. Your surgeon also removes nearby lymph nodes. Surgery to remove part of the colon is ...

But they will remove a small part of the chest muscle only if the cancer is near or touching the muscles. During your surgery, they may also take out 1 or more lymph nodes from your armpit. We’re ...

Doctors at a hospital in Hyderabad removed a pen cap from the lungs of a man, who had accidentally ingested it 21 years ago.

After having 17 melanoma spots removed, ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ alum Teddi Mellencamp was diagnosed with multiple brain tumors. Here’s everything we know about her cancer journey so far.

Surgery to remove the testicle is usually the first treatment for testicular cancer. You might also need surgery to remove lymph nodes at the back of your tummy (abdomen). Find out about the different ...

Meanwhile, surgeons could be able to track the flow of ICG through the lymphatic system via a 4K fluorescent laparoscopic imaging system, pinpointing and removing lymph nodes with unprecedented ...

when transplanted into mice in place of lymph nodes that have been removed, drain fluid and connect to the animals’ original lymphatic plumbing, as reported May 30 in Stem Cell Reports. “We developed ...