Occipital lymph nodes are those found on the back of your head. If the swollen nodes are located on the neck below the ear, healthcare professionals may call them posterior cervical lymph nodes.

A multicenter study led from Finland has shown that lymph node transfer is a viable treatment for the swelling in the affected limb, a condition known as lymphedema, after breast cancer surgery.

Intraoperative frozen biopsy and sentinel lymph nodes technique have not shown sufficient accuracy to avoid extended lymphadenectomy, due to the significant rates of skip lymphatic metastasis.