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The surgical removal of lymph nodes, an operation commonly performed when a cancer has invaded nodes in the drainage area of an organ infiltrated by a malignant growth.<\/p>\n

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Surgical removal of the lymph nodes. The procedure is usually carried out when cancer has infiltrated the nodes in the lymphatic drainage zone of an organ or tissue invaded by a malignant growth. Radiotherapy or chemotherapy may be given if laboratory tests show that the type or extent of spread of the cancer cells merits this.<\/p>\n

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Surgical removal of a lymph node, as in a biopsy.<\/p>\n

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