Removing lymph nodes during cancer surgery has saved countless lives in many tumor types. Yet recent research is challenging ...

In almost all solid tumors—i.e. cancers with a solid tissue structure—the detection of tumor cells in the lymph nodes is ...

Learn the signs, symptoms, risk factors, and treatments for Hodgkin lymphoma—plus insights from a doctor who’s also a ...

Cancer that starts in the lymph nodes is lymphoma. Cancer may also spread from other areas of the body to various lymph nodes, including the neck. Swollen lymph nodes are usually due to a cause other ...

The state and function of lymph nodes influence how well the immune system can produce cancer-fighting T cells, directly ...

Lymph node density (LND) has previously been reported to reliably predict recurrence risk and survival in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). This multicenter international study was designed ...

Duke University Medical Center researchers may have solved the mystery of why lymph nodes swell when the body fights infection. Their findings may redefine how the immune system functions, they said.

A randomized, open-label, phase III study of lapatinib in combination with weekly paclitaxel versus weekly paclitaxel alone in the second-line treatment of HER2 amplified advanced gastric cancer (AGC) ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for the Magtrace and Sentimag Magnetic Localization System (Endomagnetics), a magnetic device system for guiding lymph node biopsies in ...

Doctors call the lymph nodes in the back area of the skull “occipital lymph nodes.” Swelling of these lymph nodes may occur for various reasons, such as infection and skin conditions, including ...

New research has explored cellular and molecular interactions, revealing how lymph nodes play a crucial role in the fight ...