Researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed wireless probes with the aim of identifying cancer cells and suspicious lymph nodes during surgery. The Gamma and Beta ...

When the news broke about a study that found many women with early breast cancer need not have all their underarm lymph nodes removed — even if they contain cancer cells — Christine Wunderlin was both ...

THURSDAY, June 8, 2017 -- Removing all lymph nodes in the vicinity of a melanoma skin cancer may not increase a patient's overall chances for survival, a new study concludes. This invasive procedure - ...

Many patients with melanoma need a sentinel-lymph-node biopsy to determine if cancer cells have spread there, but a positive finding doesn't mean all the lymph nodes in the area must be removed, ...

In colon cancer, location is important. Evidence is building up to show a significant difference in survival when malignancies emerge on the right side of the colon compared with those that arise on ...

For years, it has been a mainstay of treatment to stop the spread of many cancers. But is the removal of lymph nodes – tiny, bean-shaped nodules that filter waste and bacteria – really the best way to ...

Patients with breast cancer that has started to spread to the lymph nodes in the armpit can safely avoid extensive removal of the lymph nodes if their treatment is tailored to their response to cancer ...

Most older patients with ER-positive DCIS undergoing mastectomy can avoid axillary surgery, reducing unnecessary procedures. Axillary surgery is overused in patients aged 70 and older, with 93% ...