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lymph glands

The incorrect term for LYMPH NODES. These are not glands, although commonly so described, even by doctors.
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It included 10,273 women with early stage breast cancer which was hormone sensitive, HER2 negative and lymph gland negative.
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The positive expression of Ki67 was in a correlation with the number of metastatic lymph glands and PR protein expression, and there were statistically significant differences (X2=8.302, P=0.032; X2=11.965, P=0.000; Table-I).
Correlation between the Expression of Topo II[alpha] and Ki67 in Breast Cancer and its clinical Pathological characteristics
The sides of the neck/throat area is perhaps most commonly where people notice their glands swelling, but it's also common to spot swollen lymph glands in the armpits and groin.
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A trip to the consultant revealed the cancer had returned in his spine and lymph glands.
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"While still traumatic, patients seem to deal with this news much better if they find out before operation that the lymph glands have cancer in them."
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Metastatic foc[i] were found in large area of lymph glands and lumbar bone.
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Symptoms include a rash, fever, lameness and fatigue as well as swollen lymph glands and nerve damage.
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Mohammed Keshtgar's new procedure can reveal whether cancer has spread into a patient's lymph glands within seconds--rather than the typical week-long wait time.
Cancer surgeon finds simpler path
The preauricular lymph glands may be enlarged in adenovirus infection.
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"When they diagnosed me I was devastated, the cancer had spread to my lymph glands; I said 'you can't let me die, I've got two kids'.
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The frontal high kilovolt (kV) radiograph may be useful to assess the effect of enlarged TB lymph glands on the tracheobronchial tree.
Airway involvement in pulmonary tuberculosis
When physicians suspect breast cancer, they may order a sentinel lymph node biopsy--a minimally invasive surgical procedure that helps determine if breast cancer has spread to lymph glands under the arm.
SPECT-CT detects sentinel nodes in obese breast cancer patients

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