Lymph in Medical News

Chicago team uses artificial intelligence to diagnose metastatic cancer

... ultrasound to non-invasively probe the nearby lymph nodes -- tissues where cancer cells first migrate ... metastasize. But in the early stages of cancer, lymph nodes often appear completely normal even if the ... 50 women with suspected breast cancer who all had lymph nodes that appeared normal in the ultrasound -- ...

St. Charles Surgical Hospital Announces Dedicated Lymphedema Treatment Program

... MD, FACS. The revolutionary Vascularized lymph Node Transfer (VLNTx) procedure for lymphedema ... seen after breast cancer treatments such as lymph node dissection, surgery and/or radiation ... 25% to 30% of breast cancer surgery patients with lymph node removal and radiation therapy develop ...

Breast Cancer Patients May be Spared Additional Surgery

... women whose breast cancer has spread to the lymph nodes may not need a radical lymph node surgery. The observational study of ... 97,000 women whose breast cancer spread to the lymph nodes indicates that women with ...

Educational initiatives improve quality of care delivery

... Oncology, looked specifically at the number of lymph nodes that were surgically removed in colorectal ... research shows that the standard number of lymph nodes that should be removed during colorectal ... of colon cancer operations with at least 12 lymph nodes retrieved increased significantly over the ...

New technique may help detect potential breast cancer spread

... that a molecule designed to home in on nearby lymph nodes is just as accurate as current techniques, ... molecular biology to enter the operating room for lymph node detection," said breast surgeon Anne ... to be sure that the disease has not spread to her lymph nodes, the first place a cancer may go. The ...

Early Detection of Melanoma Plus Regular Skin Exams is Vital For Beating Disease

... the dermatologic surgeon often tests the lymph nodes to determine if the cancer has spread. If ... place the cancer goes is to the local draining lymph nodes. A procedure known as a sentinel lymph node biopsy tests the ...

Study links arm/hand swelling to number of lymph nodes removed during breast cancer surgery

... In older breast cancer survivors, the number of lymph nodes removed during surgery and the presence of cancer in the lymph nodes were the two factors most directly linked ... and surgeon volume, the removal of more than five lymph nodes and the presence of cancer in ...

Non-invasive test accurately identifies gynecologic malignancies

... accurately identify benign from malignant pelvic lymph nodes in patients with gynecologic malignancy, ... imaging with CT or MRI uses the size of a lymph node to determine whether it is malignant. Unfortunately, lymph node assessment by size criteria and morphology ...

Can EUS elastography help distinguish benign from malignant tissue?

... diagnosis between benign and malignant lymph nodes and focal pancreatic masses based on the ... with assessment of a pancreatic mass or lymph node. Knowing that malignant tissues are ... to differentiate benign from malignant lymph nodes was 91.8% and 82.5%, respectively, compared ...

Super micro-surgery offers new hope for breast cancer patients with lymphedema

... breast cancer. Lymphedema results when the lymph nodes are removed or blocked due to treatment and lymph fluid accumulates causing chronic swelling in the ... of women who have breast cancer surgery with lymph node removal and radiation therapy develop ...

New website empowers colorectal cancer patients when discussing critical treatment decisions - DiagnoCure launches www.mypersonalcancerdiagnosis.com

... the presence or absence of the GCC marker in the lymph nodes that have been removed during the ... or absence of colorectal cancer cells in the lymph nodes removed during the surgery. The test is a ... proprietary assay that detects in lymph nodes the expression or absence of expression of ...

Biomarker predicts disease recurrence in colorectal cancer

... show that the presence of a biomarker in regional lymph nodes is an independent predictor of disease ... indicates the presence of occult metastases in lymph nodes that may not have been identified by ... that has metastasized, or spread, to the regional lymph nodes carries a worse prognosis and a higher risk ...

Major study on DiagnoCure's GCC biomarker published in Jama

... other parts of the body. When GCC is detected in lymph nodes removed during colorectal cancer surgery, ... "Patients with cancer cells in their regional lymph nodes carry a worse prognosis and a higher risk of recurrence; detecting GCC in the patient lymph nodes could be useful for identifying patients ...

Gene Test May Help Predict Colon Cancer's Return

... A marker in lymph nodes points to more persistent tumors, ... an intestinal tumor-suppressing receptor in the lymph nodes -- may better reveal the chance of ... in Philadelphia, doctors often biopsy the lymph nodes when trying to determine the prognosis of ...

Vascular Experts Call for Increased Awareness of Growing Problem of Lymphedema

... more limbs due to the accumulation of excessive lymph fluid, lymphedema affects both men and women. ... in the upper limb after breast cancer surgery and lymph node removal on the body side in which the ... ovarian or uterine cancer in which removal of lymph nodes is required. Physicians and medical ...

Rare skin tumor responds better to treatment than melanoma

... the lesion and in many cases also with a sentinel lymph node biopsy. The sentinel lymph node biopsy involves the removal and evaluation of one or a few lymph nodes nearest the skin lesion to determine ...

Molecular imaging enables earlier, individualized treatment of thyroid cancer

... distinguish between cancerous cells in regional lymph nodes and normal residual thyroid tissue directly ... and locate the spread of cancer cells to nearby lymph nodes. According to the researchers, the ... of cancer spread (metastasis) in regional lymph nodes plays a major role in treating the disease ...

Two Endometrial Cancer Treatments May Not Work

... Studies suggest lymph removal, external beam radiation no help against ... Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Removal of the pelvic lymph nodes, as well as external beam radiation, should ... show. One study looked at removal of pelvic lymph nodes (pelvic lymphadenectomy), in addition to ...

Lymph Node Shots Tested for Grass Pollen Allergy

... allergy by using direct injections into the lymph node. Compared with traditional under-the-skin ... direct administration of the allergen into the lymph node markedly enhanced efficacy, the injected ... Kundig said. To test the potential of lymph node shots, the Swiss-American team focused on ...

Also in the Nov. 11 JNCI

... Isolated Breast Cancer Cells in Sentinel lymph Node Associated with Non-Sentinel lymph Node Metastases Women who are found to have isolated breast cancer cells upon sentinel lymph node biopsy have a risk of having metastases in ...

How women can improve their quality of life after breast cancer treatment

... . Protecting women's lymph systems Breast cancer treatment is becoming ... breast cancer treatment caused by damage to the lymph system. When the lymph system cannot properly remove fluids from around ...

Highly specialized, minimally invasive surgery for lung cancer allows patient to go home sooner

... our main goal which includes the removal of lymph nodes." Adjusted mean lymph nodes stations (#/patient) was 4.6 (open) versus 4.2 (VATS), p=0.249. Adjusted mean number of lymph nodes per patient was 18.1 (open) versus 14.7 ...

Highly-specialized, minimally-invasive surgery for lung cancer allows patient to go home sooner

... our main goal which includes the removal of lymph nodes." Adjusted mean lymph nodes stations (#/patient) was 4.6 (open) versus 4.2 (VATS), p=0.249. Adjusted mean number of lymph nodes per patient was 18.1 (open) versus 14.7 ...

NIH scientists discover crucial control in long-lasting immunity

... normally forms after an infection within the lymph nodes, organs in which immune cells gather to ... "Understanding how B and T cells interact in the lymph nodes is crucial, because the germinal centers ... dendritic cell, interact dynamically within mouse lymph nodes. The research team found that T cells ...

Cancer patients who receive neoadjuvant therapy followed by mastectomy may not need radiation

... breast cancer patients who exhibit limited lymph node involvement may not require post-surgery ... commonly had four or more pathologically involved lymph nodes or lymphovascular invasion. Specifically ... those with four or more pathologically involved lymph nodes after pre-surgery chemotherapy relapsed ...

New nano device detects immune system cell signaling

... immune system, which tend to concentrate in the lymph nodes spread throughout the body, function as ... invaders in the body, they rapidly migrate to lymph nodes and have to find the appropriate T-cells to ... right T-cells among millions of cells within the lymph nodes remains an immunological puzzle. ...

Bone marrow stem cells may help control inflammatory bowel disease

... regulatory T cells. Analysis of the animal's lymph nodes revealed that MSC treatment produced a ... lining the abdominal cavity moved into abdominal lymph nodes rather than to the intestine itself. The ... regrow tissue and its extensive local supply of lymph nodes; and the route by which the cells were ...

More Cancer Lymph Nodes Analyzed at Specialty Centers

... with stomach or pancreatic cancer may have more lymph nodes examined for the spread of cancer if ... surgeries, says a U.S. study. If too few lymph nodes are examined for cancer cells, a patient's ... recommend examination of at least 15 regional lymph nodes. The researchers examined National ...

Checking more lymph nodes linked to cancer patient survival

... of Medicine found that cancer patients have more lymph nodes examined for the spread of their disease if ... designated as comprehensive cancer centers. lymph node metastases (indicating the spread of cancer) ... removed from the stomach or pancreas. If too few lymph nodes are examined for malignant cells, a ...

DiagnoCure's GCC marker for the staging of colorectal cancer discussed at the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

... data on "Molecular Detection of Colorectal Cancer lymph Node Micrometastasis". His presentation featured ... in providing more accurate information about lymph node metastasis to physicians and patients and ... a thin slice of tissue from each of 12 or more lymph nodes harvested during the patient's surgery to ...

LSUHSC inventor awarded patent for new procedure to detect cancer spread

... method to rapidly identify "sentinel nodes;" the lymph nodes most likely to contain early metastasis ... lymphatic fluid flows from the primary tumor, the lymph fluid flows through lymph channels and then ...

Improving understanding of cell behavior in breast cancer

... the major route for cancer spreading to regional lymph nodes and to the rest of the body. Dr Stewart ... of assessing both the level of blood and lymph vessel invasion by cancer cells at the earliest ... to differentiate adequately between blood and lymph vessels. The Nottingham team has shown using ...

PET/CT scan could be valuable noninvasive tool for determining stages of ovarian cancer

... determine whether the cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes without having to perform surgery, ... lymphadenectomysurgically removing all of the lymph nodes for testing rather than sampling a small number of the lymph nodesis more accurate in determining whether the ...

Clinical study shows biological and clinical activity in relapsed leukemia patients

... another with a 42% reduction and a reduction in lymph node size. GCS-100 was generally well ... referred to as lymphocytes, in the bone marrow, lymph nodes and spleen, which leads to an increase in white blood cell counts as well as enlarged lymph nodes and spleens in most patients. The disease ...

DiagnoCure's molecular diagnostic tests - PCA3 and GCC - discussed at scientific meetings

... data on "Molecular Detection of Colorectal Cancer lymph Node Micrometastasis". Dr. Holzer's presentation ... in its Quebec facility utilizing nearly 1,500 lymph nodes, a DiagnoCure's study demonstrated that in ... (Stage II), 30 percent had at least one lymph node with GCC expression at least as high as that ...

Which is accurate, CT or MRI?

... Paraaortic lymph node metastasis in patients with ... for presurgical characterization of paraaortic lymph nodes in patients with pancreatico-biliary ... with pancreatico-biliary carcinoma, paraaortic lymph node metastasis has a crucial impact on surgical ...

Partnership of academic centers and community hospitals effective model for disseminating advances

... increased awareness of obtaining a minimum of 12 lymph nodes at surgery, and the addition of oxaliplatin ... "Our audit also found a high rate of lymph node retrieval. This is critically important to ... that 74 percent of the patients had at least 12 lymph nodes retrieved. Nearly all patients (93 percent) ...

High-Tech Imaging No Better for Diagnosing Head/Neck Cancers

... squamous cell cancer has spread to the nearby lymph nodes in such patients. This is important in ... may actually have small tumors within their lymph nodes. The findings are based on an analysis ... to identify half the lesions in patients whose lymph nodes tested negative. The analysis, published ...

Specialized white blood cells coordinate first responders to viral infection

... site, even though it was found in the draining lymph nodes. Also in the lymph nodes they noticed a sharp increase in certain ... of certain infection-fighting cells in the lymph nodes draining the site of infection, an ...

Newly diagnosed breast cancer patients benefit from use of USFNA of lymph nodes

... fine needle aspiration (USFNA) of the lymph nodes is a safe, useful, and minimally invasive ... fine needle aspiration of the axillary lymph nodes, said Martha Mainiero, MD, lead author of ... The study consisted of USFNA of axillary lymph nodes in 224 breast cancer patients. The ...