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 ...

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 ...

This study explores the prognostic significance of tumor-draining lymph nodes (TDLNs) in OSCC, with a special focus on the quantification ... tumor excision combined with a sentinel node-assisted ...

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 ...

The sentinel lymph node is the hypothetical first lymph node or group of nodes draining a cancer. In case of established cancerous dissemination it is postulated that the sentinel lymph nodes are the ...

Quantification of each cell populations in each annotated area (GC, GC periph, medulla) : The script called Cellpose2coloc segment the cells for each channel using ...

As a breast surgeon and the Chief of Breast Surgery, Dr. Holly Mason recognizes that the advancements in treatment options for patients with breast cancer are as encouraging as they are confusing.

Surgery to remove lymph nodes in the neck is called a neck dissection. Types of surgery to remove lymph nodes ... You may need to stay longer in hospital and go back to the operating theatre to repair ...

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.

"The main goal of every lymphatic drainage massage is to help detoxify the body by moving lymph (the fluid that gets stuck between tissues) toward the lymph nodes. This process allows the lymph to ...

During a physical exam, they will also look for redness, rashes, lumps, or enlarged lymph nodes in your axilla. They may perform a neurological exam to check for nerve compression, while also checking ...