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 ...

Dr. Edge answers the question: 'What Are Lymph Nodes and What Do They Do?' — -- Question: What are lymph nodes, and what do they do? Answer: Lymph nodes are filtering stations along the chain of ...

If you visit the doctor because of a sore throat, he’ll examine your lymph nodes faster than you can say “strep test.” He won’t check all of them because there are hundreds of lymph nodes in your body ...

The last time you visited your doctor for a sore throat, they may have felt for potential inflammation in your neck. That’s because infections often cause swollen lymph nodes (medically known as ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Lymphoseek (technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept) Injection, a radioactive diagnostic imaging agent that helps doctors locate lymph nodes in patients with ...

Invasion Factors uPA/PAI-1 and HER2 Status Provide Independent and Complementary Information on Patient Outcome in Node-Negative Breast Cancer Purpose: We postulate that surgical sampling and ...

Sometimes less is more in breast cancer treatment; so says a study that made headlines earlier this month: The finding, published in the Journal of the American Medical Assn., reported that surgically ...

Dr. Catalona answers the question: 'Removal of Lymph Nodes During Surgery?' March 16, 2009 -- Question: Will any lymph nodes be removed during surgery? Answer: Lymph nodes are usually removed during ...

PITTSBURGH — Painful and swollen: That’s how a woman described the feeling in her underarm the day after she got the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. A small percentage of people are experiencing ...