A neck dissection is surgery to remove all or some of the lymph nodes and surrounding tissue from the neck. Lymph nodes are small, round or bean-shaped glands. They remove germs from your body, help ...

A new imaging dye, already approved for lymph node mapping in breast cancer and melanoma, is useful in patients with head and neck cancer, according to a new study. When used in conjunction with ...

Adequate lymph node yield for patients with papillary thyroid cancer is associated with longer operations, longer hospitalization, and higher risk of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury and hypocalcemia, ...

Transoral endoscopic head and neck surgery is a new approach for the treatment of oropharyngeal tumors. Using either a robotic system and/or laser, surgeons gain access through the mouth via minimally ...

Cancer that starts in the lymph nodes is lymphoma. Cancer may also spread from other areas of the body to various lymph nodes, including the neck. Swollen lymph nodes are usually due to a cause other ...

Data from a Phase III clinical trial of 99m-Tc-tilmanocept, also known as Lymphoseek (Navidea Biopharmaceuticals) in oral and squamous cell cancers (SCC) suggest it may be improve surgical treatment ...

Toxicity and psychological impact of TPF induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy or by surgery plus radiotherapy in stage III-IV oropharyngeal cancer: A longitudinal comparison ...

Here, Physician Editor Kathryn Schwarzenberger, MD, FAAD, talks with Christian L. Baum, MD, FAAD, from the Mayo Clinic, about his Dermatologic Surgery paper, "Outcomes of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy ...

ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale announced Friday that a biopsy revealed a cancerous lymph node in his neck, which will lead to surgery on Tuesday. The 85-year-old Vitale has been calling ...

Dick Vitale underwent successful surgery to remove cancerous lymph nodes from his neck on Tuesday, the longtime ESPN college basketball commentator announced on social media. This came just four days ...