Researchers at Tohoku University have discovered a new approach for treating lymph node metastasis. Anticancer drugs are administered directly into the LNs under ultrasound guidance (Lymphatic ...

Background: To improve the performance of ultrasound (US) for diagnosing metastatic axillary lymph node (ALN), machine learning was used to reveal the inherently medical hints from ultrasonic images ...

Anterior superficial and deep nodes include submental and submaxillary (tonsillar) nodes located under the chin and jawline, respectively. The anterior cervical lymph nodes are further down the ...

The study included women diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma (602 women) or invasive ductal carcinoma (4199 women) in the West of Scotland in 2012-2014.

Figure 1. Biopsy of a superficial lymph node shows intersecting atypical spindled cells, slit-like vascular spaces, and extravasated red blood cells (hematoxylin-eosin stain).