PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 23 — Breast cancer tends to progress to nearby lymph nodes, but surgeons can find it difficult to determine what tissue to remove with the breast tumor and what to leave intact.

For patients under 55 years old: Papillary thyroid cancer is classified as stage 2 if the cancer has spread to distant parts ...

Disease-free survival for invasive ductal breast cancer (IDC) patients may be easier to predict with the help of F-18-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) scans, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new imaging drug to help doctors locate lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer and skin cancer. The drug Lymphoseek from Navidea ...

Metastasis to buccinator lymph nodes from upper gingival cancer is rare, and indicates a poor prognosis. We suggest that the ...

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT) in 466 patients for operable breast cancer: Predictive factors for pathological response. Background: Sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) biopsy is a useful method to assess ...

Why are lobular breast cancers found at later stages? What are the biological hallmarks of this disease? Are there ways to ...

Since starting her work at Kootenai Health, Dr. Michalina Kupsik has been worried about breast health in North Idaho. Idaho is 48th for women ages 40-74 who reported receiving a mammogram in the past ...

If you’ve ever experienced swollen lymph nodes, you know how uncomfortable (and temporarily concerning) their presence can be. After all, when lymph nodes—small, bean-shaped glands throughout your ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Don't be fooled by a false-positive lymph node after COVID-19 vaccination, say radiologists who ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As more people are getting vaccinated, doctors are seeing an influx of women making mammogram appointments after noticing swollen lymph nodes in the arm region where they got ...