If your doctor can feel that the lymph nodes near the melanoma are swollen (enlarged), you usually have an ultrasound scan instead of a SLNB. They may take a sample of tissue (biopsy) from the lymph ...

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 ...

in which a few lymph nodes in the armpit are removed to check for spreading cancer. Removing lymph nodes can cause lasting pain and arm swelling, so research is underway to determine when it can ...