"I always thought if I was ever diagnosed, it would be caught early because I underwent routine mammograms." View Entire Post ...
Preoperative prediction of lymph node positivity is still preliminary, but the results of a pilot study are encouraging. Detecting cancer cells in the bloodstream is expected to provide great ...
This is a large operation. You might be in hospital for around 5 days depending on your recovery. Lymph nodes form a network of glands throughout your body. Cancer can spread to the lymph nodes and ...
Your options may include a mastectomy or a lumpectomy. At MSK, breast cancer surgery and breast reconstruction often are done during the same procedure. During surgery, your doctor may also do a lymph ...
A specialist doctor (pathologist) looks at the biopsy under a microscope. If there are melanoma cells, they will work out the stage of the cancer. You normally have some other tests and scans to help ...
A young woman who has survived cancer three times became a paramedic - to "give back" to the NHS. Katherine Murrell, from ...