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Depending on the type, lymphoma can be NON life threatening. The above poster is correct. If you or someone you love has this, then search the web and go onto: www.Google.com and ask your question. Print out any good information then sit and study it, making notes that you can shorten into questions later so you can ask your doctor to fill you in. Doctors are very busy in the U.S. and Canada and don't always have the time to sit down with a patient and go over every little thing and this is where the internet is a complete God-send. My doctor's office actually has a notice encouraging his patients to write down any questions they may have. Also many pharmacists are quite qualified to answer some questions other than filling prescriptions.
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What distinguishes a sentinel node from other nodes?
A sentinel lymph node is the first lymph node that drains a cancer. If a cancer has not spread to the first draining lymph node near a cancer, there is a high likelihood it has not spread elsewhere.
What is the significance of sentinel lymph node?
A sentinel lymph node is the first lymph node that drains a cancer. If a cancer has not spread to the first draining lymph node near a cancer, there is a high likelihood it has not spread elsewhere.
How is it determined whether a lymph node has cancer cells?
The only method to identify whether or not a lymph node has cancer cells, is to surgically remove the node and perform examination with a microscope to detect abnormal cancer cells.
What are the most common sites for mestastic breast cancer?
Breast cancer most commonly metastasises first to lymph nodes in the axilla of the same side as the affected breast. In more advanced disease, the cancer commonly metastasises to lymph nodes in other regions, to bone, to the liver, and/or to the lungs, and later possibly also to the contralateral breast and to other organs. When there is no evident lymph node metastasis or distant metastasis, the sentinel node may be examined to confirm absence of axillary lymph node metastasis. The lymph nodes in the axilla drain fluid (lymph) from the breast by interconnecting lymph vessels, and the "sentinel node" is the first node to receive lymph from the particular tumour. If there is no tumour in the sentinel node (and no signs of metastasis to other sites), breast cancer has a very good chance of cure after treatment.
What is a precarinal lymph node?
A precarinal lymph node is a lymph node located near the tracheal bifurcation in the chest. It plays a role in filtering and trapping potentially harmful substances, such as cancer cells or bacteria, that may be present in the lymphatic system. Surgical removal or biopsy of precarinal lymph nodes may be necessary in the evaluation and treatment of certain diseases, such as lung cancer.
Is a diagnostic procedure in which all of the lymph nodes in a major group are removed to determine the spread of cancer?
A lymph node dissection
A diagnostic procedure in which all of the lymph nodes in a major group are removed to determine the spread of cancer?
A lymph node dissection
How long will the lymph node under your arm from a biopsy from breast cancer stay as large as a plum?
If it is not taken out ,it will grow bigger each day.
What are the symptoms of lymphatic cancer?
cancerous lymphnode is not painful but infected lymph node is painful
What can cause a swollen right supra clavicular lymph node?
swallon right supraclavicular lymph node shows something wrong with abdominal organs,there might be cancer of viscers in abdomen.
What is a small node of tissue that filters lymph?
A lymph node.
explain the role of the lymph node in the spread of cancer?
When a person has cancer, sometimes the cancer will metastize to other areas of the body. When cancer has metastizes, the lymph nodes can become involved due to the cancer spreading through the lymphatic fluid.
