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That lymph nodes take out cancer cell from the body, so would an enlarged lymph node be examined for abnormal cells?

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Dr. Muaiad Kittaneh answered

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Yes: To make it simple, you can think of a lymph node as a recycle bin that filters infections and abnormal cells including cancer and non cancer aged or abnorml looking cells. Examining an abnormally enlarged lymph node can tell you a lot of information about the underlying cause including detection of infections or cancer cells.

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Answered 11/2/2019

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