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For patients whose breast cancer converted from lymph node-positive to lymph node-negative disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, skipping adjuvant regional nodal irradiation (RNI) did not increase the risk of disease recurrence or death five years after surgery, according to results from the NRG Oncology/NSABP B-51/RTOG 1304 clinical trial presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held December 5-9, 2023.

The immune system is fast when it comes to fighting viruses, bacteria and other pathogens. But it also has to know when not to attack - for example, harmless substances such as pollen or house dust, which otherwise trigger allergic reactions.

Paige Lymph Node is recognized by the FDA as a breakthrough device to assist pathologists in the detection of breast cancer metastases in lymph node tissue 

In exploratory analyses of results from the SWOG S1801 trial in patients with stage III-IV resectable melanoma, researchers saw a major pathologic response in more than half of surgical specimens taken from patients who had been treated with neoadjuvant (pre-operative) pembrolizumab.

Heres a guide to terms often used in reporting on breast cancer and other cancers.

When Nina Berlingeri, then 28, spotted a lump on a Zoom call. She thought it was swollen lymph nodes. It was thyroid cancer. Had surgery, radioactive iodine.

Glossary of terms often used in reporting on breast cancer and other cancers.

According to the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), using a 6-mm threshold, rather than a 5-mm threshold, helps facilitate better risk stratification and treatment decisions in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).

Scientists have developed a lymph node-targeted multi-epitope subunit vaccine that induces strong humoral and cellular immune responses against EBV in mice.