Intraoperative frozen biopsy and sentinel lymph nodes technique have not shown sufficient accuracy to avoid extended lymphadenectomy, due to the significant rates of skip lymphatic metastasis.

10 lymph nodes). METHODS: The clinical records of 216 patients with advanced proximal gastric cancer and No. 10 lymph node metastasis who underwent D2 curative resection were retrospectively analyzed.

And so it was for the next 10 to 15 years until a landmark study in breast cancer treatment, called the Z-11 Trial, completely changed the thinking on complete node removal.” The key finding of the ...

With the goals of informing surgical management, improving long-term outcomes and lowering death rates of patients with testicular cancer, a study has found that the conventional, versatile open ...

Lymph is the fluid in your lymphatic system. Blood reaches tiny capillaries that have small holes in them to let some of the fluid escape or seep out into the tissues. Along with the fluid are some ...

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 ...

Feeling bloated, puffy, or constantly fighting off colds? Your lymphatic system might need some love. This quick 10-minute routine targets the lymph nodes in your hips, armpits, neck, and head to help ...

With deer hunting season starting on Nov. 23 state officials are reminding hunters of mandatory Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) ...

This study explores the prognostic significance of tumor-draining lymph nodes (TDLNs) in OSCC, with a special focus on the quantification ... Subsequently, the cells were re-suspended in brilliant ...

Like lymph nodes, the structures have infection-fighting immune B cells in the middle and tumor-killing immune T cells on the outside. "We wanted to learn what these structures are doing." ...