Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) accounts for 5% of all newly diagnosed cancers in the Western world (Muir and Weiland, 1995). Dissemination to lymph nodes in the neck is one of the most ...

You might have surgery to remove lymph nodes in your neck. This is usually if there is a chance that the cancer might have spread there. The lymph nodes are part of the lymphatic system. Cancer cells ...

This investigation compared the prognostic value of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT qualitative therapy assessment (with the Hopkins criteria) vs CT enlarged residual nodal size (short axis diameter ...

This booklet is about melanoma that has spread to the lymph nodes. It is part of a series of booklets on melanoma. It has information about tests to check the lymph nodes close to the melanoma. It ...

Your doctor needs to find out if lymph nodes in the neck contain cancer. It is important to know this to work out the stage of the cancer and plan treatment. Lymph nodes are often the first place ...