There are two layers of inguinal lymph nodes located below the inguinal ligament, which runs from the ilium’s anterior superior iliac spine (the front-most portion of the ilium, the largest pelvic ...

Lumbar lymph nodes refer to a group of small organs that are part of the immune system. Lymph nodes are generally circular, bean-like organs that are dispersed throughout the body. The lumbar lymph ...

For the 40% of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) who have micrometastatic nodal occult disease, current management includes either radical cystectomy with pelvic lymph node ...

The therapeutic benefit of extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND) for patients with prostate cancer is uncertain. New data from a study by Firas Abdollah, Alberto Briganti and colleagues from ...

Swollen supraclavicular lymph nodes may occur as a reaction to infection or due to metastatic cancer. This type of swelling typically occurs just above a person’s collarbone. Lymph nodes are part of ...

Bladder cancer affects over 52,000 men and women in the United States on an annual basis, and more than 12,000 people die each year from this disease. It is the fourth most common cancer in men in ...

Two Articles published Online first and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet show that two common adjuvant treatments for women with early endometrial cancer — removing the pelvic lymph nodes or ...

Whole pelvis radiation improves cancer-specific and overall survival in muscle-invasive bladder cancer compared to bladder-only radiation. Median cancer-specific survival was 84 months for whole ...

Effect of neoadjuvant systemic therapy prior to radical prostatectomy in high-risk prostate cancer on surgical morbidity: Contemporary results utilizing the Clavien System. This is an ASCO Meeting ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. — Susan Vander Ploeg was a professional graphic artist early in her career. These days, painting is a good form of stress relief. "I had been post-menopausal for about seven years and ...

Results from the PHENIX-I trial support skipping pelvic lymphadenectomy in women with early cervical cancer who have a negative sentinel lymph node biopsy. Omitting pelvic lymphadenectomy in these ...