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What cancers cause swollen lymph nodes?
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Many can: Non-hodgkin's lymphoma and hodgkin's lymphoma commonly cause swelling of lymph nodes. But any cancer that spreads to a lymph node can cause swelling of the involved lymph nodes.
Answered 9/29/2020
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Many.: Many cancers cause swollen lymph nodes. Head and neck cancers can have rock-hard, enlarged cervical or supraclavicular lymph nodes. Breast cancer can cause axillary lymph nodes to be enlarged.
Answered 4/1/2020
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Lymphomas & mets: Primary cancers of the lymph nodes, lymphomas, and any tumor that spreads to the lymph nodes cause enlargement.
Answered 3/26/2013
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