Copyright 2012 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/lymphology/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241603.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241603.phpA new study reveals key factors that promote the spread of cancer to lymph nodes and provides a mechanism that explains how a common over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medication can reduce the spread of tumor cells through the lymphatic system. The research, published by Cell Press in the February 14 issue of the journal Cancer Cell, opens new avenues for the design of antimetastatic therapies...Cancer / Oncology Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241433.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241433.phpA clinically challenging and under-studied subset of diseases affecting the lymphatic system and grouped under the disease spectrum lymphangiomatosis and Gorham's disease is the focus of a special issue of Lymphatic Research and Biology, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.. The issue is available free online...Lymphology/Lymphedema Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240966.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240966.php Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have discovered a molecular pathway that may explain how a particularly deadly form of cancer develops. The discovery may lead to new cancer therapies that reprogram cells instead of killing them. The findings are published in a recent paper in the Journal of Biological Chemistry...Lymphology/Lymphedema Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240283.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240283.phpUsing two cell surface markers found to be highly expressed in breast cancer lymph node metastases, researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, working with colleagues at other institutions, have developed targeted, fluorescent molecular imaging probes that can non-invasively detect breast cancer lymph node metastases...Breast Cancer Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240040.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240040.phpEarly diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer-related lymphedema by a physical therapist can significantly reduce costs and the need for intensive rehabilitation, according to an article published in the January issue of Physical Therapy (PTJ), the scientific journal of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)...Breast Cancer Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239816.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239816.phpA research team led by biochemist Scott Garman at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered a key interaction at the heart of a promising new treatment for a rare childhood metabolic disorder known as Fabry disease. The discovery will help understanding of other protein-folding disorders such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, as well...Lymphology/Lymphedema Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239647.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239647.phpA research team led by biochemist Scott Garman at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered a key interaction at the heart of a promising new treatment for a rare childhood metabolic disorder known as Fabry disease. The discovery will help understanding of other protein-folding disorders such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, as well...Lymphology/Lymphedema Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239530.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239530.phpPapillary thyroid cancer accounts for the majority of all thyroid malignancies, which primarily impact women. A new study indicates that routinely removing lymph nodes in the neck in these cancer patients may help prevent the disease from coming back...Lymphology/Lymphedema Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239005.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239005.phpResearchers from Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine presented new research findings in 25 presentations at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) at the San Diego Convention Center...Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238568.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238568.php Lymphedema, a chronic swelling condition common in breast cancer survivors, affects three million people in the U.S. In the past, most people believed that exercise might induce or worsen lymphedema. After reviewing the literature, University of Missouri researchers say the benefits of exercise outweigh the risks for breast cancer survivors and patients with lymphedema...Lymphology/Lymphedema Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237621.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237621.phpA century after the valves that link the lymphatic and blood systems were first described, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have detailed how those valves form and identified a gene that is critical to the process. The gene is Prox1. Earlier work led by Guillermo Oliver, Ph.D., a member of the St...Lymphology/Lymphedema Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/236184.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/236184.php The rare but incredible case of Wesley Warren Jr. puts our daily burdens into perspective as the Nevada resident says he needs around a million dollars to pay for an operation to remove his 100 pound scrotum. He has a hugely enlarged scrotum, the sack that protects the testicles and its size and weight causes him discomfort, pain and makes it incredibly difficult to get out and about...Lymphology/Lymphedema Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/234932.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/234932.phpLaurantis Pharma, a privately held biotechnology company based in Finland, announced that LymfactinTM, adenoviral VEGF-C growth factor therapy, was successful in rebuilding lymphatic vessels in pre-clinical animal models. The use of VEGF-C growth therapy to regenerate lymphatic vessels over time may be used to assist lymph node transfer surgery as a technique to treat secondary lymphedema...Lymphology/Lymphedema Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/234337.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/234337.php A study in the September 14 issue of JAMA revealed, that the increase in the percentage of patients who have a high number of lymph nodes evaluated during colon cancer operations has increased significantly during the past two decades, however, this improvement is not linked to an increase in the overall proportion of colon cancers that are node positive...Colorectal Cancer Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/232129.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/232129.phpUniversitätsmedizin Berlin, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, the Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik Berlin, and four other German institutes succeeded in proving a specific gene loss in a certain human lymphoma, the genesis of which is largely unexplained to date. They investigated the so-called Sézary syndrome...Lymphology/Lymphedema Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/231788.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/231788.phpA new study shows that removing lymph nodes due to the presence of occult, or microscopic, cancer cells found in the sentinel lymph node the one closest to the tumor -- has no impact on survival outcomes of women with early-stage breast cancer. The principal investigator of the study is Armando E...Breast Cancer Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/228822.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/228822.phpThe bacteria that cause Lyme disease, one of the most important emerging diseases in the United States, appear to hide out in the lymph nodes, triggering a significant immune response, but one that is not strong enough to rout the infection, report researchers at the University of California, Davis...Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226514.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226514.phpInvestigators at Nationwide Children's have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help move a therapy for MPS IIIB that has been shown effective in mice toward clinical trials in humans. Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) IIIB, also known as Sanfilippo Syndrome B, is a lysososmal storage disease caused by deficiency in the essential enzyme NAGLU...Lymphology/Lymphedema Thu, 05 May 2011 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/224306.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/224306.phpPatients who received therapy for cancer during childhood have an increased risk of developing gastrointestinal (GI) complications later in life, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute...GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Wed, 04 May 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/224127.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/224127.phpNeoprobe Corporation (NYSE Amex: NEOP), a diversified developer of innovative oncology diagnostic products, today announced top-line results from its Lymphoseek(R) (tilmanocept) NEO3-09 study...Cancer / Oncology Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/222507.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/222507.phpBreakthrough Breast Cancer today published a report claiming more needs to be done across the NHS to meet the needs of breast cancer patients who develop lymphoedema after their treatment...Lymphology/Lymphedema Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/221857.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/221857.phpSentinel-lymph-node (SLN) biopsy can accurately diagnose lymph node status in patients with early stage endometrial cancer and provide vital information on the most effective adjuvant (additional) treatment without the need for complete lymphadenectomy (removal of all the pelvic lymph nodes), thereby reducing the risk of surgical complications...Cancer / Oncology Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/217520.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/217520.phpThe validation of a test, based on gene expression and predicting the tumours that will metastasize in lymph nodes of head & neck cancers, was presented today at the 3rd International Conference on innovative approaches in Head and Neck Oncology (ICHNO), in Barcelona...Cancer / Oncology Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/217495.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/217495.phpResearchers say a new kind of tracing agent is more accurate than current methods in helping identify tumor-draining sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer and melanoma patients. That's the finding in a new study that appears in the online version of the Annals of Surgical Oncology. "This is an important finding for both physicians, and patients," says Stanley Leong, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.S...Breast Cancer Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/217380.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/217380.phpResearchers at the University of California, San Diego are developing nonsurgical methods for identifying critical lymph nodes to help doctors determine courses of treatment for breast cancer patients. The "sentinel lymph node" is routinely biopsied or removed and dissected to determine the likelihood that the cancer has spread beyond the breast. Dr...Breast Cancer