Removal of the sentinel node. If this is clear, no further lymph nodes are removed….

The surgical removal of the whole of the diseased kidney. If diseased, the adrenal gland, surrounding fatty tissue and nearby lymph nodes are sometimes removed as well….

A procedure in which tissue is removed from an organ or lymph node using a needle….

Cancer that is found in the lymph nodes of the neck but the primary location cannot be located. It may have started as a head and neck cancer, and is often treated as such….

A surgical procedure that allows a surgeon to examine the lymph nodes at the centre of the chest and remove a sample, if necessary….

A procedure in which a radioactive substance is injected into the skin to identify sentinel lymph nodes….

The removal of some lymph nodes in the armpit, to check whether cancer has spread.

A melanoma that has not spread from its starting point to lymph nodes or other organs.

A way to identify the sentinel lymph node by injection of a radioactive substance, blue dye or both near the tumour….