The number of positive lymph nodes can help guide treatment for locally advanced head and neck cancer, according to a recent study. In planning adjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in some patients with ...

LOS ANGELES - Jan. 24, 2018 - Cedars-Sinai investigators have developed a new, more accurate set of guidelines for assessing the severity of head and neck cancers and predicting patient survival. The ...

Artificial intelligence can augment current methods to predict the risk that head and neck cancer will spread outside the borders of neck lymph nodes, according to researchers with the ECOG-ACRIN ...

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 ...

The last time you visited your doctor for a sore throat, they may have felt for potential inflammation in your neck. That’s because infections often cause swollen lymph nodes (medically known as ...

New research has shown why preserving lymph nodes, often removed near tumours to prevent cancer spread, could improve patient outcomes and make immunotherapies more effective. A team of researchers, ...

Although head and neck cancer is associated with pain, disfiguration, dysfunction, psychosocial distress, and death, recent advances have brought substantial improvements in outcomes. The introduction ...

Some people who recently got a booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine are noticing swollen lymph nodes. Don’t panic, doctors say. Swollen lymph nodes caused by vaccination are temporary, harmless and a sign ...