Lymphedema is one of the most feared complications after cancer surgery. The swelling in a limb can be life-altering. However, a new approach can offer the possibility of not developing lymphedema at ...

Breast cancer is able to modify the lymphatic vessels through which it travels to the draining lymph nodes. From there, it can then spread to other parts of the body. A new finding by Finnish ...

Radiation has been a staple of breast cancer treatment for decades, but a new study is casting doubt on whether it is ...

BOOG 13-08 shows skipping sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients 50+ with early-stage, hormone receptor–positive, ...

If your mother needs yet another reason to be horrified that you have a tattoo – or a few – here's a big one: a new study links tattoos to lymphatic cancer. The study found people with tattoos were 21 ...

For decades, physicians have known that many kinds of cancer cells often spread first to lymph nodes before traveling to distant organs through the bloodstream. New research provides insight into why ...

Drinking alcohol may reduce the risk of developing cancers of the lymphatic system, researchers said on Tuesday. An analysis of nine studies involving 15,000 people from the United States, Britain, ...

Health experts encourage patients to consider scheduling routine imaging for 4 to 6 weeks after receiving their second dose Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor for the human interest vertical at ...

Dye is injected into the breast, one to four of the nodes is identified with a probe and removed to see if cancer cells are present. Lymph nodes are small organs, typically ranging from the size of a ...

YouTuber Hank Green announced on Friday, May 19, he has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of lymphatic cancer. "It seems likely that we caught mine early," he said in a YouTube video.