Cancer researchers have a multitude of tools to study tumors. Histological staining uses dyes to make different kinds of ...

Globally, women are roughly twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with thyroid cancer. However, recent research shows that ...

A 56-year-old American man was diagnosed with stage 4 head and neck cancer after noticing a weird, painless boil on his ...

Level IIb lymph node metastasis in neck dissection for papillary thyroid carcinoma. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2007;133(10):1028-1030; 17 Ahn JE, Lee JH, Yi JS, et al. Diagnostic accuracy of CT ...

When a person has an infection, they may notice swollen lymph nodes in part of the body near the infection site, such as their neck, armpit, jaw, or groin. Cancer that develops in or spreads to ...

How you have surgery to remove lymph nodes in your neck. Your surgeon will check that you are fit and well enough for a general anaesthetic. They will talk to you about the operation and answer any ...

Lymph nodes in the head and neck are grouped into 7 regions, or levels, on the basis of anatomic landmarks. In patients undergoing standard lymphoscintigraphy, obtaining lateral marker images that ...

Anterior cervical lymph nodes are those nearest the front of the neck.These typically swell when you have a cold or strep throat. Posterior cervical lymph nodes are located behind the band of muscles ...

The following is a summary of “Lymph node level ratio as a predictor of survival in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma,” published in the November 2023 issue of Oncology by Dermody, et al. For a ...

radiotherapy to the neck area A negative result means there are no cancer cells in the sentinel nodes. This means it is unlikely the cancer has spread to the other lymph nodes. There are different ...