Some people may have surgery to remove the lymph nodes close to the melanoma. This operation is called a lymph node dissection or lymphadenectomy. What is a lymph node? Lymph nodes are part of our ...

You might have surgery to remove lymph nodes in your tummy (abdomen). These are called the retroperitoneal lymph nodes. This operation is called a retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. This is a ...

The axillary recurrence rate in the 115 patients (53%) who required further lymph node removal was 3.5%, with an overall ...

The axillary recurrence rate in the 115 patients (53%) who required further lymph node removal was 3.5%, with an overall ...

Most surgeries do not harm the chest muscles. But they will remove a small part of the chest muscle only if the cancer is near or touching the muscles. During your surgery, they may also take out 1 or ...

Discover recent advancements in near-infrared fluorescence imaging that have revolutionised lymph node tracing in cancers ...

One new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine examines whether removing lymph nodes is always necessary in early breast cancer. Another in the Journal of the American Medical ...

Your surgeon will make an incision (surgical cut) in your abdomen (belly) and will remove your lymph nodes through the incision. Your surgery will take 3.5 to 5 hours. Some people may need RPLND after ...

Bladder cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in urinary system, and the treatment faces huge challenges.