When the doctors do tests to diagnose cancer, they always check your lymph nodes to see how much it has spread. This information not only helps them figure out how advanced the cancer is but also ...

Dr. Stephen Edge answers the question: 'How to Detect Spread to Lymph Nodes?' — -- Question: What are the methods used to investigate whether breast cancer has spread to the lymph nodes? Answer: ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When breast cancer spreads outside the breast, the lymph nodes under the arms are often the first target. New research from Canada suggests that rather than being just a ...

New research shows lymph nodes aren’t just cancer bystanders, they’re the command centers fueling immune attacks. Surgically removing them along with tumors may weaken treatment, while preserving them ...

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Cedars-Sinai investigators, leading a multi-institutional team, have developed and validated a tool to predict which patients ...

Oropharyngeal cancer is the most common type of throat cancer. After your diagnosis, you will learn the stage of the cancer. The stage lets you know how far, if at all, the cancer has spread from the ...

A team led by investigators at Mass General Brigham and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has developed and validated an ...

Lung cancer often spreads to lymph nodes before other parts of the body. Cancer in lymph nodes doesn't always mean it's late-stage or metastatic. Treatment will depend on your lung cancer stage, and ...