and ascending colon drain into the mesenteric lymph nodes (mLNs). Two small lymph nodes in the pancreatic tissue also drain the transverse colon and descending colon while the distal colon and rectum ...

The most common place for head and neck cancer to spread to is the lymph nodes in the neck. This may cause a swollen lymph node in the neck. Lymph nodes are part of the lymphatic system which helps ...

Shannin Desroches was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. She had no symptoms for years, experiencing a nagging pain only ...

While both are called medullary carcinoma, these cancers differ in many ways: ...

Swollen lymph nodes may result from an infection or illness. If they last for a long time or occur with other symptoms, you may need medical care. Treatment is specific to the cause of the swollen ...

Carcinomas at any point in the ascending colon, including the hepatic flexure, may properly be grouped with carcinomas of the cecum, as all these lesions tend to metastasize to lymph nodes along ...

While colorectal cancer cases among older adults have steadily dropped, they've increased among those 50 and younger.

Intraoperative frozen biopsy and sentinel lymph nodes technique have not shown sufficient accuracy to avoid extended lymphadenectomy, due to the significant rates of skip lymphatic metastasis.

Background This study was designed to identify risk factors for lymph node metastasis of early stage colorectal cancer, which was confirmed to a carcinoma that invaded the submucosa after radical ...

The condition also appears to reawaken a dormant virus in the body called Epstein-Barr which can cause flu-like symptoms, swollen lymph nodes and nerve issues. The full results of the small study ...