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pelvic nodes

– pelvic lymph nodes; the lymph nodes to which prostate cancer is most likely to spread. These nodes are often removed and checked for cancer as part of surgery to remove prostate and other cancers in the pelvis. See also lymph node, pelvic lymph node dissection, pelvis, prostate.

Treatment options for cervical cancer by stage

... pelvis; Brachytherapy with or without external beam radiation therapy to the
pelvis; Radical trachelectomy with removal of pelvic lymph nodes can be ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cervicalcancer/detailedguide/cervical-cancer-treating-by-stage

Treatment options for endometrial cancer by stage

... Lymph nodes from the pelvis and around the aorta are also removed (a pelvic
and para-aortic lymph node dissection [LND] or sampling) and ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/endometrialcancer/detailedguide/endometrial-uterine-cancer-treating-by-stage

How is uterine sarcoma staged?

... can be any size and may have grown into tissues in the pelvis and/or ... The cancer
has spread to lymph nodes near the uterus (pelvic and/or para ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/uterinesarcoma/detailedguide/uterine-sarcoma-staging

How is ovarian cancer staged?

... M0): The cancer has spread to pelvic organs as ... 1) cancer has spread beyond
the pelvis to the ... the abdomen; (2) cancer has spread to lymph nodes. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/ovariancancer/detailedguide/ovarian-cancer-staging

How is cervical cancer staged?

... of the vagina or walls of the pelvis (T1-T3 ... It has not spread to nearby lymph
nodes (N0) or ... has spread to distant organs beyond the pelvic area, such ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cervicalcancer/detailedguide/cervical-cancer-staged

Surgery for cervical cancers and pre-cancers

... vaginal hysterectomy with a laparoscopic pelvic node dissection ... of the abdomen
and pelvis to be ... the surgeon can remove lymph nodes through the ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cervicalcancer/detailedguide/cervical-cancer-treating-surgery

Surgery for endometrial cancer

... and the doctor can take out some lymph nodes. ... surgeon “washes” the abdominal
and pelvic areas with ... The tissue lining the pelvis and abdomen is ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/endometrialcancer/overviewguide/endometrial--uterine--cancer-overview-treating-surgery

Surgery for endometrial cancer

... Pelvic and para-aortic lymph node dissection: This operation removes lymph
nodes from the pelvis and the area next to the aorta to see if they ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/endometrialcancer/detailedguide/endometrial-uterine-cancer-treating-surgery

How is bladder cancer staged?

... The tumor has spread to the pelvic wall or the ... near the bladder (in the true
pelvis) and those ... NX: Regional lymph nodes cannot be assessed due to ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/bladdercancer/detailedguide/bladder-cancer-staging

How is vaginal cancer staged?

... T3: The cancer is growing into the pelvic wall. ... the bladder or rectum or is growing
out of the pelvis. ... N0: The cancer has not spread to lymph nodes. ...

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/vaginalcancer/detailedguide/vaginal-cancer-staging