|   Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) 
 Joined:  Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 |  It can also indicate an infection, lymph nodes can become enlarged.  Occasionally I had hard and enlarged lymph nodes under the armpit when I was a kid.  Always a good idea to get it checked.  A blood test to look for elevated WBC will also help confirm an infection.   Gary Allsebrook
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 Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
 Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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