With that said, a 2016 study in the Journal of Thoracic Diseases described certain characteristics of lung cancer in the lymph nodes that may indicate better or poorer outcomes: The numeric values ...

The internal mammary lymph nodes drain the anterior aspect of the ... 1938. † Resident in thoracic surgery, Presbyterian Hospital; formerly, chief resident in thoracic surgery, Bellevue Hospital.

The major parts of the lymph tissue are located in the: bone marrow spleen thymus gland lymph nodes tonsils The heart, lungs, intestines, liver, and skin also contain lymphatic tissue. The major ...

Kosty, medical director of thoracic oncology at Scripps MD Anderson ... stage 1 tumors and/or have begun to spread to nearby lymph nodes Stage 3: typically has spread to lymph nodes located ...

The lymphatic circulation was evaluated after cannulation of the cervical thoracic duct in 12 patients with severe intractable congestive heart failure. After venting the distended duct, lymph flowed ...

Historical literature supports the key role of lymph nodes in tuberculosis pathogenesis yet there is a paucity of literature describing ITLNTB in adults. Methods This study comprehensively reviewed ...

Aim We aimed to prospectively determine the prevalence of abnormal cervical LNs in patients with suspected thoracic malignancy or with enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes in the setting of a systemic ...

There were 56 pathology-proven metastatic lymph nodes in 28 subject. The pathology-proven metastatic LNs were compared to 43 pathology-proven inflammatory/benign LNs in 18 subjects. Coefficient of ...

Axillary dissection for clinically node-negative breast cancer includes resection of level I and level II lymph nodes and the fibrofatty ... also be performed with thoracic epidural anesthesia ...