Surfer & Jeff, whether they are organs, organelles, organ-like or part of an organ system they still function the same way.
All the various definitions found online don’t change the fact that cancerous nodes need to be eliminated surgically or with radiation.
The real question, originally asked by Jeff - whether multiple nodes should be removed as a matter of course - is an interesting one.
My surgeon only removed ONE node on each side and I cursed him for doing so. Was he that confident that he got it all or was he just sloppy? Negligent? In a hurry to make tee time?
Or did he know the importance of the nodes in dealing with unseen rogue cells which may have gotten out?? I’ll never know…
Phil