2024年2月23日 · Lymph node metastasis occurs in "metastatic" lymph nodes, lymph nodes that have been infected by cancer from elsewhere in the body. A part of the immune system, lymph nodes are tiny ovals...

2023年2月27日 · What does it mean when cancer spreads to the lymph nodes? Cancer can spread to the lymph nodes via a person’s lymphatic system. From here, it can travel through the lymphatic system to other parts...

Lymph node metastasis is the spread of cancer cells into a lymph node. Lymph node metastasis is different from malignant lymphoma.

2022年5月27日 · For more than a century, researchers have debated whether this invasion of lymph nodes helps the cancer spread (or metastasize) to other organs. A new study in mice suggests that it is an important step for cancer metastasis, and details how that happens.

2023年9月27日 · Lymph nodes (LNs) are important hubs for metastatic cell arrest and growth, immune modulation, and secondary dissemination to distant sites through a series of mechanisms, and it has been...

In this review, we focus on delineating the process of cancer cell migration to and through lymphatic vessels, survival in draining lymph nodes and further spread to other distant organs. In addition, emerging molecular targets and potential strategies to …

2006年6月1日 · Lymph nodes are common site of metastatic disease Presence of metastases is important for TNM staging Must determine when examining lymph nodes: tumor present or not; tumor primary or metastatic; possible sites of primary; number of metastatic nodes; size of largest metastatic deposit often helpful; presence of extranodal or vascular involvement