My sister is a 12 year cancer survivor, but mets showed 2 years ago as seeding in the abdomen, causing SBO. She also has had other primaries ie...thyroid(total throidectomy) bladder(probably from agressive chemo), second primary breast. Now her lymph nodes are suspicious on U/S and they are reporting vascularization in some cervical nodes..also suspicious ...what does this mean? they want a needle bx i
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. Any cancer can spread by three routes.1. Lymphatic route 2. Homogenous route3. Direct spread. So lymphatic spread is very common in gastrointestinal tumors and thyroid tumor. So if your ultrasound report suggest increase vascularity in enlarged node, you need to rule out malignancy first. And for this needle biopsy is needed. So get done Needle biopsy.