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ISBN: 9781259398629

Author: McKinley, Michael P., O'loughlin, Valerie Dean, Bidle, Theresa Stouter

Publisher: Mcgraw Hill Education,

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Chapter 21, Problem 2CSL

Jordan has an enlarged lymph node along the side of his neck, and he is worried that the structure may be a lymphoma. Explain how malignant cells may have reached the lymph node.

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