Sentences with phrase «additional lymph nodes»

If tumor cells are present within the node, the primary tumor has spread and additional lymph nodes may need to be removed and medical treatments tailored accordingly.

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In additional experiments, the NYU team showed that the TB - transporting dendritic cells had to first pass through the lungs — as would be expected in the natural course of the disease that is passed by someone breathing in infected droplets — before heading to the lymph nodes to elicit a strong immune response.

A study has found no increase in overall survival but a reduction in breast cancer recurrence when additional radiation is given to the lymph nodes as well as the standard treatment of whole - breast irradiation after breast - conserving surgery.

Additional experiments allowed the scientists to probe just how lymph nodes obtain their memory: Following birth, both the supply of vitamin A and the intestinal bacterial microflora figure prominently into this process.

«Additional radiation to the surrounding lymph nodes reduced the risk of subsequent recurrence of breast cancer both locally, such as under the arm, and at sites distant from the breast, such as the bone, liver and lung.

Sentinel lymph node biopsy to determine node status microscopically is an additional procedure some clinicians recommend for intermediate tumors (1 to 4 mm thickness) or high - risk thin tumors (Clark's level III or greater, particularly in men with truncal tumors or when ulceration or regression is present) and clinically negative nodes.

Lymph nodes (LNs) contain these DC populations but also contain additional subsets that travel to these organs from peripheral tissues sites (Hashimoto et al., 2011).

Additional symptoms that can develop when the infection spreads outside the lungs can include lameness or swelling of limbs, back or neck pain, seizures, soft swelling under the skin, swollen lymph nodes under chin, eye inflammation with pain or cloudiness.

Additional diagnostics may include thoracic radiographs, further blood tests, an abdominal ultrasound, lymph node aspirates, chemotherapy, and more.