Lymph nodes are small glands that filter lymph ... as some are quite deep in the body or do not swell enough to become noticeable. Sometimes, there is pain with the swelling, or it may be painful ...

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When the lymph nodes detect harmful substances like bacteria, they react and become swollen ... Most people exposed to ...

Swelling can indicate an underlying condition. Along the collarbone, it may be possible for a person to feel swollen lymph nodes themselves. They sometimes swell when fighting an infection ...

So, enlarged lymph nodes need to be evaluated if they do not respond to usual therapy for infection. Then the patient has to be examined to understand what's going on.” Enlarged lymph nodes can ...

The preauricular lymph nodes are located just in front of your ears, on top of your jaw bones. "Auricular" means "having to ...

Surgeons don't routinely do a neck dissection on everyone because it can have long term side effects. Sometimes your surgeon doesn't know if there are cancer cells in your lymph nodes before you have ...

In this case, they will suggest removing the lymph nodes closest to the cancer. If there is cancer in the lymph nodes you might need to have more surgery to remove more nodes. Or have radiotherapy in ...

Women with large tumours and cancer that had spread to the lymph nodes had the highest 40% risk ... but to ensure they are aware of the signs of recurrence and of metastatic breast cancer, and ...

Many choose to have surgery, although it’s unclear whether they could instead take a ... alive and free of cancer. “Removing lymph nodes does not improve survival, and the risk of cancer ...

They had the ... assigned to have lymph nodes removed or not. After five years, about 92% of women in both groups were still alive and free of cancer. "Removing lymph nodes does not improve ...