Lymph nodes are often the first place cancer cells spread to when they break away from ... Rarely one of the lymph channels (called the thoracic duct) leaks after a neck dissection. This may cause ...
Conclusions RLN Lymph node metastasis is not, but the number of metastatic nodes is a prognostic predictor in node-positive patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the middle thoracic esophagus.