Your lymph nodes live in different areas of the body. Their primary function is to store and produce white blood cells that ...

Swollen glands in the neck, which are actually enlarged lymph nodes, are a sign that your body is trying to fight an ...

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I always call it the gatekeeper to the body, because usually the breast will drain to the armpit in about 95% of the time, and they will have one, two, maybe three, first draining lymph nodes, and ...

Stage 1 bowel cancer has grown through the inner lining of the bowel, or into the muscle wall. It has not spread to lymph nodes or distant body parts. Stage 2 bowel cancer has spread into the outer ...

causing a collection of fluid in one or more areas of the body. The swelling can occur in the arm, breast, chest or leg area. Patients who have had their lymph nodes removed due to cancer are more ...

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 ...