Johns Hopkins Medicine 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. The newly developed lymph ...

Studies on whether pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) provides a survival benefit in men with prostate cancer having surgery ...

Lymph node dissections, or lymphadenectomies, are surgical procedures that play an important role in cancer treatments. A healthcare professional will remove the lymph nodes and check a tissue sample ...

Our lymphatic system is like a big network of roots spread throughout the body. It serves as part of our immune system, ...

Observational study finds more pathologic nodal upstaging with more nodes sampled ...

Caecal cancer and ascending colon cancer had slower rates of metastasis to main nodes compared with transverse colon cancer. Routine prophylactic extended lymphadenectomy for the superior mesenteric ...

According to a new analysis, PLND does not impact recurrence-free survival but may reduce metastatic spread in intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer. The benefit of PLND is most evident in ...

A new study shows that counting cancerous lymph nodes could be a reliable outcome predictor for cancer patients. Patients newly diagnosed with cancer typically focus on one question, eclipsing all ...

Legendary college basketball announcer and three-time cancer survivor Dick Vitale announced that he has cancer again, this time in his lymph nodes. In a post on social media on Friday, Vitale revealed ...