Sometimes these nodes need to be removed after having chemotherapy. This is called a retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND). The lymph nodes may shrink after having chemotherapy. But they may ...

THIS YEAR the Spanish capital, Madrid, provided the backdrop for Europe’s biggest urological event, the 40th Annual European ...

Cervical lymph nodes are small nodes or glands in the neck. Swelling in the neck may indicate a nearby infection or other health condition. Treatment for cervical lymph nodes can depend on the cause.

Trials evaluating the safety and necessity of omitting systemic mediastinal lymph node (mLN) dissection in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are still absent. Methods: cN0/N1 NSCLC patients who ...

A lymph node dissection is a surgical procedure that involves the removal of the level 1 and 2 lymph nodes in the axilla (armpit). Removing a few lymph nodes doesn’t always cause problems and it ...

Married Chris from Sandbach, Cheshire, said: “The cancer had already spread to my pelvic lymph nodes and to a vessel near the bladder. “As a result, the prognosis was very poor with the ...

Experts developed consensus recommendations through the modified Delphi process for metastatic prostate cancer management during the 2024 US Prostate Cancer Conference. A multidisciplinary panel of ...

Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell produced in bone marrow that play a crucial role in your immune system. There are several types—called T cells, B cells, and natural killer (NK) cells—that ...

According to the study titled "Proposed Nodal Cancer Index (NCI) in ovarian carcinomatosis", recently published in the Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute, women who underwent systematic ...

April 14, 2025 Standardisation of radiotherapy to inguinal and pelvic lymph nodes in locally-advanced cancer of the penis, as defined by the International Penile Advanced Cancer Trial (InPACT). April ...