Lymph nodes are clustered throughout the body in key locations. These include the armpits, neck, groin, upper abdomen, and mediastinum (the area between the lungs that contains all the principal ...

You might have surgery to remove lymph nodes in your tummy (abdomen). These are called the retroperitoneal lymph nodes. This operation is called a retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. This is a ...

Intraoperative frozen biopsy and sentinel lymph nodes technique have not shown sufficient accuracy to avoid extended lymphadenectomy, due to the significant rates of skip lymphatic metastasis.

This surgery is done when a tumor is likely to spread, or already spread, to the lymph nodes in your abdomen. It removes the affected lymph nodes. Your retroperitoneal lymph nodes are found in areas ...

It is common for testicular cancer to spread to the lymph nodes in the back of the tummy (abdomen). These are called the retroperitoneal lymph nodes. These lymph nodes are behind your bowel and just ...