Cancer treatment routinely involves taking out lymph nodes near the tumor in case they contain metastatic cancer cells. But new findings from a clinical trial show that immunotherapy can activate ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sparing lymph nodes until after immunotherapy treatment may result in improved antitumor immune response among ...

August 13, 2009 (Toronto, Ontario) — When papillary thyroid cancer returns, it is often in the form of metastases to the neck lymph nodes and is usually treated with surgery. But these patients have ...

Patients newly diagnosed with cancer typically focus on one question, eclipsing all others: "What is my prognosis?" Determining a cancer patient's prognosis - the likely course and outcome of their ...

IT’S something we all do lots of this time of year – dismiss symptoms as ‘nothing to worry about’ or just a ‘bug’. But when ...

Laryngeal cancer may spread to cartilage, soft tissues, or lymph nodes in the neck area and to more distant sites, such as the lungs, liver, or bones. Treatment may depend on how far it has spread.

Characterizing chromosome 3p/q genes as biomarkers of treatment response in squamous cell carcinoma of the lung and head and neck. Efficacy and safety of nab ...

Throat cancer can remain silent for months. Knowing which subtle symptoms to watch for may lead to earlier diagnosis.

Skin cancer on the neck may be basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), or melanoma. Melanoma typically looks like a dark-colored asymmetric mole, BCC looks like a shiny or pearly ...