Lymph Node Question

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Nancdancer Member Posts: 47

August 2015 edited August 2015 in Waiting for Test Results

once you have this test and it comes back negative does it mean you don't have cancer i any other part of your body or does it mean it has not traveled? A little bit confused.

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  Kicks Member Posts: 4,131

  August 2015 edited August 2015

  Lymph nodes are individual nodes. A biopsy only reflects the path. in that node. Not every node in entire body.

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  ErenTo Member Posts: 343

  August 2015 edited August 2015

  Even without any node involvement, cancer can go to other parts of the body through blood vessels. So no, even if all nodes are negative thisdoesn't necessarily mean that the cancer hasn't metastasized.

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  ShetlandPony Member Posts: 4,924

  August 2015 edited August 2015

  But a clear lymph node does tell you the cancer is less likely to have traveled. It is a good sign.

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