ULTRASOUND achieved diagnostic accuracy comparable to PET/CT and diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) for preoperative pelvic ...

The multidisciplinary Gastrointestinal Tumor Board at the Derrick L. Davis Forsyth Regional Cancer Center reviewed and recommended that a minimum of 12 lymph nodes be examined in all cases of colon ...

Lymph node assessment remains pivotal to the accurate staging and effective management of colorectal cancer. Surgical resection with systematic lymphadenectomy determines nodal status, which guides ...

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 ...

Women with breast cancer who have breast cancer cells in one or more lymph nodes have poorer outcomes than women without node involvement. Although many oncologists believe that this phenomenon is ...

WASHINGTON -- Extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND) after radical prostatectomy failed to improve survival in intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer over standard lymphadenectomy, ...

In a trial, selected patients with early non-small cell lung cancer did not benefit from mediastinal lymph node dissection (LND). Mediastinal LND resulted in longer surgeries, increased bleeding, and ...

When the body fights an infection or injury, lymph nodes sometimes swell. Doctors call this a reactive lymph node. Treatment can depend on the cause. Lymph nodes house white blood cells. These cells ...

Lymph node metastasis occurs in "metastatic" lymph nodes, lymph nodes that contain cancer cells that have spread from elsewhere in the body. A part of the immune system, lymph nodes are tiny ...