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Ive had slowly growing lymph nodes for 5 years the largest is now 3.5cm in my neck, im 27 my doctor did an fna of the largest two nodes and it was clear. he is confident this rules out lymphoma but i thought that fna isnt accurate at ruling it out?

Q: ive had slowly growing lymph nodes for 5 years the largest is now 3.5cm in my neck, im 27 my doctor did an fna of the largest two nodes and it was clear. he is confident this rules out lymphoma but i thought that fna isnt accurate at ruling it out?

: Our understanding of these indicators are being updated by new research. please go and see you encologist and get the most up to date advice.

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Our understanding of these indicators are being updated by new research. please go and see you encologist and get the most up to date advice.

Answered 4/28/2023

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A member asked:

Ive had slowly growing lymph nodes for 5 years the largest is now 3.5cm in my neck, im 27 my doctor did an fna of the largest two nodes and it was clear. he is confident this rules out lymphoma but i thought that fna isnt accurate at ruling it out?

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