Cancer can spread to the lymph nodes and make them bigger (enlarged). It is common for testicular cancer to spread to the lymph nodes in the back of the tummy (abdomen). These are called the ...
Intraoperative frozen biopsy and sentinel lymph nodes technique have not shown sufficient accuracy to avoid extended lymphadenectomy, due to the significant rates of skip lymphatic metastasis.
Your doctor removes the first lymph node or nodes that the melanoma could have spread to ... This is to help stop the melanoma coming back. Doctors call this adjuvant treatment.