Scientists say they have developed an artificial lymph node with the potential to treat cancer, according to a new study in mice and human cells. Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have ...

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, ...

Researchers have developed a new nanoparticle that can 'hitch a ride' on immune cells, or monocytes. Because of its tiny size, the particle can tag along directly into lymph nodes and help metastasis ...

Fewer older women with early-stage, hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer are undergoing routine sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), according to data that were presented at the ...

N1 Single lymph node metastasis, 2 cm or less in greatest dimension N1 Single regional lymph node metastasis in the true pelvis (hypogastric, obturator, external iliac or presacral lymph node) N2 ...

Breakthrough research presented at the 2026 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting shows that additional lymph node evaluation is needed during surgery for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to ...

In almost all solid tumors—i.e. cancers with a solid tissue structure—the detection of tumor cells in the lymph nodes is considered a decisive marker for the progression of the disease. Lymph node ...

Sentinel lymph node biopsy has replaced traditional axillary dissection, minimizing lymphedema risk in breast cancer surgery. The procedure targets the first draining lymph nodes, reducing unnecessary ...

Caecal cancer and ascending colon cancer had slower rates of metastasis to main nodes compared with transverse colon cancer. Routine prophylactic extended lymphadenectomy for the superior mesenteric ...

ESPN basketball commentator Dick Vitale has been diagnosed with cancer for a fourth time. The longtime analyst, 85, shared that doctors found cancer in lymph nodes in his neck via X on Friday, June 28 ...