A neck dissection is surgery to remove all or some of the lymph nodes and surrounding tissue from the neck. Lymph nodes are small, round or bean-shaped glands. They remove germs from your body, help ...

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women globally and the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality among women. Despite advancements in HPV vaccines and screenings, there's a ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband, 71, had squamous cell carcinoma of his mouth a year and a half ago. He had surgery in Pittsburgh, along with a radical neck dissection. All nodes were negative and the oral ...

June 3, 2008 (Chicago, Illinois) — Acupuncture could be a viable option for reducing pain and dysfunction after neck dissection in head and neck cancer patients, new data suggest. The results of a ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...