Researchers at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and Düsseldorf University Hospital (UKD) have succeeded for the first time in mapping the organization of immune cells in human lymph nodes.

Cancer that starts in the lymph nodes is lymphoma. Cancer may also spread from other areas of the body to various lymph nodes, including the neck. Swollen lymph nodes are usually due to a cause other ...

Removing lymph nodes during cancer surgery has saved countless lives in many tumour types. Yet recent research is challenging parts of this long-standing practice. Imagine your body’s immune defences ...