Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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Cervical (SER-vih-kul)
Relating to the neck, or to the neck of any organ or structure. Cervical lymph nodes are located in the neck. Cervical cancer refers to cancer of the uterine cervix, which is the lower, narrow end (the “neck”) of the uterus.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.