Her surgeon, John R. Sims, said in a statement that Huckabee Sanders "is currently recovering from surgery in which we removed her thyroid gland and some of the surrounding lymph nodes in her neck.

Routinely removing lymph nodes in the neck of patients with thyroid cancer may help prevent the disease from recurring, according to a new study (Surgery, December 2011, Vol. 150:6, pp. 1048-1057).

Lymph nodes are often removed because they are typically the first place metastatic cancer cells appear, and without surgery, it can be difficult to determine whether the nodes contain metastases.

For many head and neck cancers — including cancer of the thyroid, salivary gland, and mouth — a surgeon will remove the cancerous tumor as well as surrounding tissues and lymph nodes if ...

The 85-year-old ESPN college basketball analyst and Lakewood Ranch resident recently underwent surgery to remove a cancerous lymph node from his neck. Doctors also removed 26 surrounding lymph nodes.

Lymph nodes are often removed because they are typically the first place metastatic cancer cells appear, and without surgery, it can be difficult to determine whether the nodes contain metastases.

Singapore researchers have managed to extend the lifespan of lymph nodes outside the body, allowing them to study how the ...

Lymph nodes in the neck can also swell due a wide array of bacterial, viral, or fungus infections that affect the whole body. These are just a few potential culprits: ...

Her surgeon, John R. Sims, said in a statement Friday that Sanders “is currently recovering from surgery in which we removed her thyroid gland and some of the surrounding lymph nodes in her neck ...

Her surgeon, John R. Sims, said in a statement Friday that Sanders “is currently recovering from surgery in which we removed her thyroid gland and some of the surrounding lymph nodes in her neck ...

Her surgeon, John R. Sims, said in a statement that Huckabee Sanders “is currently recovering from surgery in which we removed her thyroid gland and some of the surrounding lymph nodes in her neck.