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Regarding lumps in the neck, what would make a doctor consider a referral to an oncologist? what other symptoms would they look for?
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Neck nodes: Oftentimes lumps in neck can be reactive ie doing their job when you have an infection. Reasons to be concerned are nodes at least the size of a grape in the absence of an infection such as sore throat. It's obviously concerning if there are other areas of large nodes such as arm pit and groin as well as night sweats, fatigue and weight loss.
Answered 3/23/2015
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