All that commotion in response to a threat is what shows up as swelling. That can look different depending on the person, but generally, a lymph node bigger than one centimetre across is considered ...

Lymph nodes are small glands that filter lymph, the clear fluid that circulates through the lymphatic system. During an infection, they accumulate bacteria or dead or diseased cells and may swell.

Lung cancer often spreads to the lymph nodes before spreading to other parts of the body. Which groups of lymph nodes are involved, and where these are in relation to the primary (original) tumor, are ...

Usually, swollen chest lymph nodes are too deep in the chest for a person to feel them. Any swollen lymph nodes in the chest appear on imaging scans. Swelling can indicate an underlying condition.

Cancers of the mouth and oropharynx can spread to lymph nodes in your neck. Your surgeon might remove some or all of the lymph nodes in your neck. Lymph nodes are small bean shaped glands found ...

Lymph nodes are small, bean-shaped structures scattered throughout the body, forming part of the lymphatic system. They act as filters, trapping pathogens, abnormal cells, and debris while housing ...

Cancer of the larynx sometimes spreads to the lymph nodes in the neck. Surgery to remove lymph nodes from your neck is called a neck dissection. When you might have surgery to remove lymph nodes in ...

Clinical Stage II refers to an operable lesion of the breast in which the examiner believes that there are clinically metastatic axillary lymph nodes. The mere presence of palpable lymph nodes ...

It is a basic tenet of the sentinel lymph-node biopsy procedure that all positive sentinel lymph nodes will inevitably progress to palpable nodal recurrence if not removed. Comparison of survival ...

2013;13(11):1281-1295. Essentially, there are two phases where the pathologic examination can influence the lymph nodes evaluation: the macroscopic dissection and processing of the material for ...

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy's effect on local disease management of breast cancer has a number of clinical implications, including tumor downsizing, potentially improved overall survival, and more.

Micrometastases are small collections of cancer cells that have been shed from a cancerous tumor and have spread to another part of the body through the blood or lymph nodes. Micrometastases can then ...