In an usual presentation of bilateral breast implant rupture leading to severe locoregional silicone granulomatous lymphadenopathy, researchers found surgical excision of encroaching lymph nodes ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — A subset of breast cancer patients with high risk for residual nodal involvement after surgery ...

When the news broke about a study that found many women with early breast cancer need not have all their underarm lymph nodes removed — even if they contain cancer cells — Christine Wunderlin was both ...

THURSDAY, June 8, 2017 -- Removing all lymph nodes in the vicinity of a melanoma skin cancer may not increase a patient's overall chances for survival, a new study concludes. This invasive procedure - ...

Mary Nelson is grateful to have survived 10 years after her breast cancer was diagnosed. The Fargo woman had a mastectomy and surgery to remove lymph nodes in an area beneath her right arm, including ...

Among patients with early-stage breast cancer that had spread to a nearby lymph node and who received treatment that included lumpectomy and radiation therapy, women who just had the sentinel lymph ...

In colon cancer, location is important. Evidence is building up to show a significant difference in survival when malignancies emerge on the right side of the colon compared with those that arise on ...

Study finds less aggressive surgery holds equal footing to aggressive care. Feb. 8, 2011— -- Some women with early-stage breast cancer who undergo less aggressive lymph node removal have as much ...

A biopsy involves removal of whole or part of the lymph node to look under the microscope for signs of infection, or cancer. Lymph nodes are filters located at intervals between the lymph channels.

Women with early breast cancer may not need to have surgery to remove cancerous lymph nodes under the armpit, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. The finding may spare many women the pain and years of ...

The top story in today’s The New York Times would have you believe that a new JAMA study showing that it may not be be necessary to remove the axillary lymph nodes in early-stage cases of breast ...

Many patients with melanoma need a sentinel-lymph-node biopsy to determine if cancer cells have spread there, but a positive finding doesn't mean all the lymph nodes in the area must be removed, ...