How many lymph nodes does any person have?

Question

This pertains to Tescular Cancer , when abdominal nodes are removed .

Answer 1

A person has a bizzillion lymph nodes. Sometimes anatomy books show pictures of the lympatic system. You have nodes in your groin and in your thoracic area. I have a doctor friend who had testicular cancer and he had his lymph nodes removed in his thoracic chain which is in the abdomen to prevent the spread of the testicular cancer. He said it was do that or face major chemotherapy.
I forgot to say you have nodes in your neck, armpits, chest, just about everywhere.
Hope that helps, I am a Oncology RN and currently work on an Oncology unit in a hospital.

Answer 2

I do not think it is a fixed amount

with cancers - the lymph nodes are significant - because of the lyphmphatic system. Basically if a cancer gets in one lymph node local to the originating site of the cancer - it can spread to other lymph nodes in the body

there are lymph nodes in the neck, arm pits legs - and other places - basically - lyphm nodes cover the whole body - but are kindof concentrate in different areas