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Thank you so much for your generous insight. He wants to start treatment right away. I called an hemo-oncologist from Northwestern Memorial in Chicago and he suggested due to the early stage and being localized in only one side of the groin that "watch and wait" might be something he'd recommend, but couldn't make a definitve recommendation without seeing all my medical records. But "watch and wait" seems pretty scary too, just waiting for the eventual hammer to drop. And because MCL is considered an aggressive form, I fear waiting would eventually cause it to spread further and make treatment more difficult.

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I can sure appreciated the position you’re in and wrestling to come up with a decision. You’ve gotten the really encouraging news that the cancer is localized and hasn’t spread anywhere.
But since it’s a cancer with the potential to spread, it seems to me, having this taken care of now, when it’s small and contained would be prudent choice.
I know little about this particular cancer, but since it’s localized to one lymph node could this possibly be surgically removed?