In aggressive lymphomas, inflammatory messengers reprogram the "conductors" of the immune system, causing lymph nodes structure to collapse. A team led by Simon Haas describes in "Nature Cancer" this ...

Structure of a lymph node showing the typical division into different territories for immune cells: B cells are shown in red, T cells in blue, lymphatic vessels in yellow, and stromal cells in cyan.

Early warning sign: Scientists found lymph node cell network changes can occur before breast cancer spreads, offering a potential predictive marker. Treatment implications: The discovery could help ...

Your lymphatic system filters waste, runs your immune defense and has no pump. Here's what doctors say keeps it moving.

Removing lymph nodes during cancer surgery has saved countless lives in many tumour types. Yet recent research is challenging parts of this long-standing practice. Imagine your body’s immune defences ...

If you've been hopping between arms for booster shots, a new study suggests that your lymph nodes remember exactly where you first got jabbed and perform far better when you return to that same arm.

Around 30% to 40% of people with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) experience a relapse after remission, and 83% of those who relapse have symptoms. Relapse symptoms can be the same as those that ...

The rising incidence of cancer worldwide has led to an increasing number of surgeries that involve the removal of lymph nodes. Although these procedures play a major role in cancer staging and ...