The findings add to a growing body of evidence that treatment de-escalation is feasible and safe for favorable-risk early ...

Extended dissection did not improve recurrence-free or overall survival, but it may have a bladder cancer-specific survival benefit possibly because it removes micrometastases. Extended lymph node ...

Nivolumab and Ipilimumab for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer With an Immunogenic Signature: The Multicenter, Two-Cohort, Phase II NEPTUNES Study We conducted a multicenter, open-label, ...

Targeted axillary dissection (TAD) is a relatively new breast cancer procedure. It allows surgical oncologists to specifically locate a lymph node that contained cancer before chemotherapy, remove it ...

A phase I study of ADXS-504, a cancer type specific immunotherapy, for patients with biochemically recurrent prostate cancer. Background: The therapeutic benefit of pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) ...

In a trial, selected patients with early non-small cell lung cancer did not benefit from mediastinal lymph node dissection (LND). Mediastinal LND resulted in longer surgeries, increased bleeding, and ...

Study finds lower mortality rates associated with excisions of higher numbers of lymph nodes in patients with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer. Removal of greater numbers of lymph nodes ...

Lymph nodes are small organs, typically ranging from the size of a pea to a little bean, which are located throughout the body. Lymph nodes are one of the components of the lymphatic system. There are ...

Lymphedema is a chronic swelling or edema in a limb caused by a build-up of lymph fluid. This happens when the lymphatic system is damaged in some way. One common cause of damage is surgery, ...

Lymph nodes are small organs, typically ranging from the size of a pea to a little bean, which are located throughout the body. Lymph nodes are one of the components of the lymphatic system. There are ...