Neck lymph node biopsy
During a biopsy of neck lymph nodes a doctor uses a thin needle to take samples of cells from neck lymph nodes.
You usually have a biopsy to find out for certain if you have lung cancer.
There are different ways of doing a biopsy. Your cancer doctor or nurse will talk to you about the type of biopsy you will have.
Sometimes the doctor takes a sample of cells from the lymph nodes in the neck. This is to check if there are any cancer cells in the lymph nodes. They use an ultrasound scan to examine the lymph nodes. The doctor passes a thin needle into a lymph node and takes a sample of cells.
You can have this test as an outpatient and go home on the same day.
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