Lymph node

Breast Cancer is thought to be a single disease, but actually it is a number of diseases that affect the cells, our bodies basic units of life. Humans bodies are made of many cells, grouped into 200 different types that combine to form the tissues of our body, such as skin, muscle, bone, and our breast needs them as well (The Mayo Clinic,18). This process happens because of the specific genetic programs and instructions of a cell. As the cell grows it will take its appointed place among the…

approximately 584,872 individuals died and 1.5 million person has diagnosed with cancer in 2013 (CDC, 2016). Cancer is an ailment where body cells cultivate beyond quantity in comparison to normal cells. Cancer is able to spread through lymphatic nodes and bloodstream. Furthermore cancer is named from the organ it instigates, for instance Lung cancer activates from the Lungs in the same way cervical cancer typifies as it initiates from the Cervix. Moreover the signs and symptoms of the cancer…

Typically; swelling of the lymph nodes in the neck, fever and infection, along with tiredness and fatigue, are some symptoms a person may experience with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (Leukemia - National Cancer Institute. n.d.). In the early development stages of the disease, Chronic…

Pre-operative CT scan is as an important imaging tool to prognosticate the disease and assess the operability. Along with an oesophagoduodenoendoscopy, majority of these tumors were detected pre-operatively. The aim of this study is to see the association of pre-operative CT scan features and its malignant potential in our local setting and this study has shown that there is association of tumor morphology of extramural to the malignant potential of Gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Most GIST…

drains the visceral pleura and adjacent layer of subpleural tissues the remaining parts of the lung is drained by the deep plexus (Brotons et al., 2012). The subpleural lymphatics were occasionally found to have direct passages to the mediastinal nodes (Riquet et al., 1989), which explains the occurrence of skipped metastasis in around 15% of primary lung cancer cases. The deep plexus consists of lymphatic capillaries which fuse forming lymphatic collecting vessels known as the collectors,…

Lymphoma is a cancer of which affects the lymph or lymphatic system of the body. The lymphatic system is an extensive network of vessels and glands that return excess fluid in body tissue to the circulatory system and works with the immune system. (Story, 2015) According to the CDC (2013), 72,955 people in the United States were diagnosed with lymphoma and 21,203 people dies from it. Both White men and women have the highest rates of getting lymphoma compared to their Hispanic and Black counter…

Lymphoma is a type of cancer in the blood the presents itself the lymph system. With lymphoma, white blood cells become malignant and start to multiply and spread abnormally. There are two major types of lymphoma. The first is Hodgkin’s lymphoma and the other is non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. There are few ways to treat lymphoma, and with these treatments, sometimes cure it. Hodgkin’s lymphoma is cancer of the lymphatic system, more commonly known as the immune system. When the cells in the lymphatic…

abnormal swelling where your lymph nodes were removed, the affected side. It can develop in the arm, hand, breast, or torso toward the side. Lymphedema develops when the arm's lymph vessels are no longer able to carry all the fluid out of the arm. In order to acquire Lymphedema, the flow of lymph fluid will become abnormal or impaired to a part of the body causing swelling. It results from a blockage in your lymphatic system. The blockage causes problems with draining lymph fluid properly and…

orders an X-ray and notices large lymph nodes.” (Kalkanis 1) But mom’s started in her joints. For 2 years they thought she had Rheumatoid Arthritis. Then she got sick with pneumonia three times in one year so they looked deeper. They did the x-ray, then a CAT scan, then a PET scan. They told her she had lung cancer. She went to a surgeon in Columbia who told her it could be this thing called Sarcoidosis so they were going to do surgery to do a biopsy of her lymph node so they could see…

network of glands, organs and vessels whose principle cell is the lymphocyte. Lymphoma originated from new Latin, dating back to 1870-75; lymph-,-oma. When lymphoma occurs, cells in the lymphatic system grow abnormally. They divide too rapidly and grow without any order or control. Too much tissue is formed and tumors begin to grow. Because there is lymph tissue in many parts of the body, the cancer cells may involve the liver, spleen, or bone marrow. There are two general types of…