When someone is diagnosed with colorectal cancer—which includes both colon and rectal cancers—many people immediately think "surgery." And it's true that surgery plays a central role in treatment for ...

Data show that sentinel lymph node biopsy is becoming less routine for older women with breast early stage HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

I think we’ll carry on with what we’re doing,’ said my consultant, for what felt like the hundredth time, in January. And yet again, I felt conflicted – because I have cancer, and what we are ‘doing’ ...

I was in my dressing room at Fair City, getting ready to go on, and I was quite nervous and thinking, ‘I hope everybody ...

The management of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer is continually evolving. Recent data now support omitting axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in most patients with metastases in up to two ...

What is a lymph node biopsy? A lymph node biopsy is a procedure to take out all or part of a lymph node to check it for cancer cells. (If you have tumors only outside of your lymph nodes, your ...

Breakthrough research presented at the 2026 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting shows that additional lymph node evaluation is needed during surgery for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to ...

Surgery is usually the main treatment for most types and stages of melanoma. If your tumor is in an early stage and removed using a melanoma surgical treatment, you may not need any other treatment.

Omitting sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in patients with early-stage breast cancer undergoing breast-conserving surgery may not increase the risk for recurrence over 5 years, according to findings ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Armando E. Giuliano, MD, will receive the 2025 William L. McGuire Memorial Lecture Award. Giuliano is being ...

Scientists have found that preserving lymph nodes during cancer surgery could dramatically improve how patients respond to immunotherapy. The research shows that lymph nodes are essential for training ...