A study has shown that lymph node transfer is a viable treatment for the swelling in the affected limb, a condition known as lymphedema, after breast cancer surgery. However, an effective drug to ...

A multicenter study led from Finland has shown that lymph node transfer is a viable treatment for the swelling in the affected limb, a condition known as lymphedema, after breast cancer surgery.

Intraoperative frozen biopsy and sentinel lymph nodes technique have not shown sufficient accuracy to avoid extended lymphadenectomy, due to the significant rates of skip lymphatic metastasis.

Or it might have spread as far as or through the outer layer of your stomach. Some stage 2 cancers have also spread into nearby lymph nodes. But the cancer hasn’t spread to other body parts, ...

What is stage 1 stomach cancer? Stage 1 stomach cancer usually means that your cancer hasn’t spread beyond the thick muscle in the stomach wall. It means your cancer hasn’t spread to nearby lymph ...

This surgery is done when a tumor is likely to spread, or already spread, to the lymph nodes in your abdomen. It removes the affected lymph nodes. Your retroperitoneal lymph nodes are found in areas ...

The swelling can occur in the arm, breast, chest or leg area. Patients who have had their lymph nodes removed due to cancer are more likely to develop lymphedema. If you have had a lymph node ...