Dye is injected into the breast, one to four of the nodes is identified with a probe and removed to see if cancer cells are present. Lymph nodes are small organs, typically ranging from the size of a ...

Data from a Phase III clinical trial of 99m-Tc-tilmanocept, also known as Lymphoseek (Navidea Biopharmaceuticals) in oral and squamous cell cancers (SCC) suggest it may be improve surgical treatment ...

A neck dissection is surgery to remove all or some of the lymph nodes and surrounding tissue from the neck. Lymph nodes are small, round or bean-shaped glands. They remove germs from your body, help ...

August 13, 2009 (Toronto, Ontario) — When papillary thyroid cancer returns, it is often in the form of metastases to the neck lymph nodes and is usually treated with surgery. But these patients have ...

A newly approved National Cancer Institute-funded clinical trial aims to improve survival for head and neck cancer patients ...

Adequate lymph node yield for patients with papillary thyroid cancer is associated with longer operations, longer hospitalization, and higher risk of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury and hypocalcemia, ...

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 ...

Toxicity and psychological impact of TPF induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy or by surgery plus radiotherapy in stage III-IV oropharyngeal cancer: A longitudinal comparison ...

Dick Vitale underwent successful surgery to remove cancerous lymph nodes from his neck on Tuesday, the longtime ESPN college basketball commentator announced on social media. This came just four days ...