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During open biopsy my surgeon couldnt get the big 3.5cm lymph node so he took a 1cm node nearby it.if there was cancer in the big one would it show in the small one he took? he says this still rules it out given its near the big one.. is this true?
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I don't think a biopsy of a smaller lymph node is necessarily representative of the larger lymph node. We have 3 different options to obtain tissue under these circumstances. Taking part of the larger lymph node with a surgical biopsy or do a Core biopsy of the larger lymph node. Removal of an entire lymph node with surgery is desirable if there are several lymph nodes of the small size(under 2cm)
Answered 8/2/2022
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