Lymph node dissections, or lymphadenectomies, are surgical procedures that play an important role in cancer treatments. A healthcare professional will remove the lymph nodes and check a tissue sample ...

Lymph node metastasis occurs in "metastatic" lymph nodes, lymph nodes that contain cancer cells that have spread from elsewhere in the body. A part of the immune system, lymph nodes are tiny ...

Cancer that starts in the lymph nodes is lymphoma. Cancer may also spread from other areas of the body to various lymph nodes, including the neck. Swollen lymph nodes are usually due to a cause other ...