Lymph Nodes can Help You Fight Cancer
, implies that leaving lymph nodes intact until after immunotherapy could improve efficacy against solid tumors, which now respond to only a small percentage of these newer forms of…
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Can lymph nodes boost the success of cancer immunotherapy?
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 by researchers at UC San…
How fat takes over the lymph nodes as we age
A new study from researchers at Uppsala University presents novel findings on why human lymph nodes lose their function with age and the consequences for the effectiveness of our immune…
Selective nodal radiation may be a more effective approach in cancer treatment:…
A promising new study released by the University of Colorado Cancer Center suggests that recurrence of certain cancers can be significantly decreased by irradiating only a select set of…
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Can Be Therapeutic in Melanoma Patients
Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy without completion lymph node dissection (CLND) led to regional…
Counting cancerous lymph nodes is best predictor of mortality across most cancers
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…
New combined therapy helps extend lives of men with prostate cancer: Cancer study…
Practice-changing research from Cedars-Sinai Cancer shows that a combination of androgen deprivation therapy -- a commonly used hormone injection -- plus pelvic lymph node radiation, kept…
Study finds nanomedicine targeting lymph nodes key to triple negative breast cancer…
Research from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center could provide a new approach to treating an aggressive form of breast cancer.
A study led by Duxin Sun, Ph.D., found that…
Introducing organs-on-chips to the lymph system
Currently, there is little research focused on understanding mechanisms and drug discovery of lymphatic vascular diseases. However, conditions such as lymphedema, a buildup of fluid in the…
Study Shows How Melanoma Readies Lymph Nodes for Tumor Spread
The study results, published in Nature Cancer, may one day help doctors determine which patients need more aggressive treatment and could help with the development of new therapies, said…