Using two cell surface markers found to be highly expressed in breast cancer lymph node metastases, researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, working with colleagues at other institutions, have developed targeted, fluorescent molecular imaging probes that can non-invasively detect breast cancer...
Patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma who underwent a procedure called sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNLB) had a lower risk of cancer recurrence after two years, according to a study by researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center. When the biopsy's results were used to guide subsequent tests and...
Can smoking cause an infection that would create the swelling? Please only answer with mature, professional, medical knowledge. I will delete anything less. Thanks in advance!
but its hurting me. help? i know it will go away sooner or later
(or at least i hope so)
but its painful and i was wondering if anyone knows what to do to relieve the pain or make it go away faster..?
My doctor said that is was an infected lymph node and wrote me a perscription for Augmentin. Has anyone else had this? What in the world causes it and what helps with the tendrness/pain?
I had an ultrasound done on my neck and it was of the throid as I feel like I have something in my neck like a lump but cant feel it on the outside. The doctor ordered this test. I was wondering if there was another lump like a lymphnode tumor would it have shown up on the ultrasound or just the...
I think I may have a lymph node infection in both of my collar bones. Only in the last 2 weeks have I started noticing 1 round, fairly solid and loose under the skin lump in between my collar bone, and another solid one further down, then on the other side I have 1 small one. When I stretch they...
I haven't met with my ENT yet, tomorrow I do. I am to have a biopsy of some sort and I assume it will be a full open biopsy.
I'm curious though, how easy would it be for the carotid artery to get nicked during this surgery? I understand it is covered by a sheath, but where is it in relation to...
Hi, after running last night I felt a little discomfort in my left leg. I went and took a shower and discovered a hard irritable lump in my left inner thigh. My thoughts on the matter were that it is a lymph node. I am not sure, and before I go rushing to the doctor to find out the cause I was...
I had a tooth extracted 3-4 months ago. It became infected but i didnt get treatment until like a week later. The antibiotics cleared it up but iv noticed my glands in the back of my neck are still able to be felt. If i push on the back of my neck, deep in a feel hard balls on both sides. Iv...
Is there really no hope for cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes? Has anyone/ know anyone that has had cancer spread to the lymph nodes but is still cancer free?
Ok so about around 2 1/2 months ago I got a bad cold so after a couple days I checked my throat and there were some bumps in my throat, but I assumed it was due to the cold, well the cold went on and off for about a month and a half and the nodes werer still there, so I went to the doc he just...
Ok so about around 2 1/2 months ago I got a bad cold so after a couple days I checked my throat and there were some bumps in my throat, but I assumed it was due to the cold, well the cold went on and off for about a month and a half and the nodes werer still there, so I went to the doc he just...
...triseptic soap? Does anyone know what was the cause in the first place. I don't get them any more, but could it be a possible sign of tumors?
The infection was at the armpits, which is kind of gross. My body won the battle of the infection, but what was the cause if triseptic soap did the...