Dendritic cells (DCs) scan peripheral tissues and transfer antigens to local lymph nodes through the lymphatic system, whereas T cells use the lymph to travel between lymph nodes. A recent study by ...

A 48-year-old woman, status post-total thyroidectomy followed by radioactive iodine ablation for locally metastatic papillary thyroid cancer, was sent to me by one of the other endocrinologists in my ...

Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is a procedure to remove lymph nodes in the underarm area when breast cancer has spread, aiming to prevent further spread and recurrence. The procedure involves ...

The FDA announced the approval of Lymphoseek (technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept; Navidea) Injection, a radioactive diagnostic imaging agent to locate lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer or melanoma ...

PERTH, Australia – Ferronova Ltd. has developed an injectable magnetic and fluorescent tracer that can map the spread of cancer in the lymph nodes more accurately for improving the staging of complex ...