Not exact matches
On top
of that, the underarms are a very sensitive area to apply toxins to with
lymph nodes nearby.
The first study will examine these patients over time, in order to analyze other important variables such as melanoma relapse, mortality, resistance to treatment, development
of a second melanoma or other cancers, and metastasis, including spread
of the cancer to
nearby lymph nodes (sentinel
nodes).
Current guidelines for treating early - stage breast cancer — cancer that has not spread to
nearby lymph nodes or other parts
of the body — result in thousands
of women receiving chemotherapy without benefitting from it.
It is possible that this group
of revivable T cells may be found in contact with the tumor, or perhaps more likely, in
lymph nodes nearby, Ahmed says.
Based on the results
of these tests, the cancer is then staged according to its size, number
of lymph nodes affected and whether it has spread to
nearby or distant organs.
The affected malignant tumors and any
nearby lymph nodes will be removed, to reduce the risk
of the cancer spreading.
Surgeons can remove the initial tumor, radiation therapy is effective in treating disease that has reached
nearby lymph nodes, and chemotherapy can decrease the risk
of distant metastases.
The stage is usually determined in part by whether or not cancer has spread to
nearby lymph nodes and how many
of those
nodes are affected.
For example, a person with stage 1 colorectal cancer may be assigned a grade
of T1, N0, M0, meaning that the tumor may have grown into one
of the muscle layers in the gastrointestinal tract but hasn't spread to
nearby lymph nodes or other, more distant areas
of the body.
Broadly speaking, stage 2 cancers may have penetrated the walls
of the surrounding muscle tissue and infiltrated a small number
of very
nearby lymph nodes, but they haven't reached more distant
lymph nodes or other areas
of the body.
The warning signs
of breast cancer are usually visual which can include lumps found within the breast and
nearby lymph nodes.
The procedure involves removal
of the section
of the cancer - affected colon,
nearby lymph nodes, and areas
of cancer spread.
If your bladder cancer has spread to a larger area on the muscle layer
of your bladder wall or to more than one area on your bladder, you may need a radical cystectomy to remove your entire bladder and
nearby lymph nodes.
Purpose
of Study: Mast cell tumors are a very common skin tumor in dogs, and a common mechanism
of spread in the body (metastasis) is to
nearby lymph nodes.
Clinical Signs Early in the course
of infection, the virus is carried to
nearby lymph nodes, where it reproduces in white blood cells known as T - lymphocytes.
I had a prostatectomy, but, despite the entire removal
of the gland, there were small amounts
of metastatic disease detected in
nearby lymph nodes.
However, the basic thing about stage three is that the cancer has moved beyond the first region
of the initial tumor and is probably in the
lymph nodes or other
nearby tissue.