A lymph node biopsy is when a doctor checks and removes a small piece of tissue or sample of cells from one of your lymph nodes. The doctor sends this to the laboratory and a specialist doctor called ...

could be the key to boosting the effectiveness of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, or TIL therapy. Results of their study were published in the Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. TIL therapy ...

There’s no cure for lymphedema, which is caused by lymph fluid building up in the body. Now some doctors are trying GLP-1 drugs — popular medications for weight-loss and Type 2 diabetes — as ...

When facing a lymphoma diagnosis, understanding the available treatment options becomes crucial for patients navigating this challenging journey. Lymphoma, a cancer affecting the immune system’s ...

B-ALL/NHL 2002 protocol achieved a 3-year overall survival and progression-free survival of 73% in adult patients with Burkitt lymphoma/leukemia (BL). While demonstrating efficacy comparable with ...

Whether the dynamics and distribution of the systemic naive lymphocyte pool is affected following organ-specific infection is not known. Here we show that, following infection of mice with an ...

This latter question was a noninferiority design that aimed to preserve a similar rate of bone marrow (BM) relapse. The trial recruited children and young adults with Philadelphia-negative ALL and ...

Correspondence to Dr Timothy C Wang, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA; ...

These findings suggest this unique cell therapy approach has promise for specific patients with lymphoma, but it may be adapted for more cancer types in the future. "We observed rapid and strong ...

Armpit pain can have many causes, ranging from injuries and irritants to infections that cause swollen lymph nodes. Less commonly, the pain—referred to as axillary pain—may be due to an autoimmune or ...

Although usually identified early, skin lymphomas can be mistaken for other skin conditions, delaying diagnosis. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) occurs when lymphocytes called T cells and B cells become ...

Follicular lymphoma -- typically a slow-growing or indolent form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that arises from B lymphocytes -- accounts for 20% to 30% of all non-Hodgkin lymphoma cases. The indolent ...