A swollen lymph node can be a bit like your body’s version of a red flag: When one of these bean-shaped clusters of immune ...
In honor of Thyroid Awareness Month, we are exploring the causes of thyroid diseases and thyroid cancer in our community.
N1 Single lymph node metastasis, 2 cm or less in greatest dimension N1 Single regional lymph node metastasis in the true pelvis (hypogastric, obturator, external iliac or presacral lymph node ...
These lymph modes are located in front of your ears, and can become swollen if you have an infection in your head or neck.
This is because it can be difficult for doctors to treat the lymph nodes or monitor the cancer in some people. This includes people who: have melanoma in the head or neck can’t have targeted cancer ...
The most common way in which HPV head and neck cancers are found is from it spreading into the lymph nodes in the neck. The story that is often heard is, "I was shaving, and I felt a lump in my neck." ...
Christina Henson, MD, discussed some of the current imaging guidelines in head and neck cancer, with a focus on extranodal ...
Sentinel lymph nodes are the first lymph node or nodes that a cancer may spread to. A sentinel lymph node biopsy is a test to find these lymph nodes. Your doctor then checks to see they have cancer ...