Have you ever looked in the mirror and wondered why the skin on your neck looks darker than the rest of your body? This is ...

Cedars-Sinai investigators led an update of staging guidelines for HPV-positive throat cancer—now more common in the U.S.

Routine SLNB may be used to predict tumor invasion levels and SLN metastasis in patients with EMPD who do not have enlarged lymph nodes.

Merlin accurately identifies patients with head and neck melanoma at high risk of recurrence, even without sentinel lymph node biopsy Study reveals that patients with CP-GEP High-Risk are over ...

Merlin accurately identifies patients with head and neck melanoma at high risk of recurrence, even without sentinel lymph node biopsy ...

A high boost dose of 70 Gy is delivered to macroscopic tumor (ie, primary tumor and nodal metastases) and an elective dose of 50-56 Gy is delivered to the draining lymph node (LN) regions. The aim of ...

A lump on the side of the neck could be a swollen lymph node caused by a bacterial or viral infection or a benign (non-cancerous) growth like a cyst, lipoma, or goiter. Swollen, infected salivary ...

However, melanomas in the head and neck region pose unique challenges due to complex lymphatic drainage and vital anatomical structures, often leading to higher false-negative sentinel lymph node ...

More than 12% of Americans will develop a thyroid condition at some point, with women at greater risk than men. The thyroid gland, a butterfly-shaped organ in the front of your neck, produces hormones ...

In patients with head and neck tumors, preoperative lymphoscintigraphy can be used to map lymphatic drainage patterns and identify sentinel lymph nodes. However, it is very difficult to determine the ...