Hi: So sorry about your friend and what she's going through; and the waiting
for results is sooooo hard. No, you are confused about tumor size and lymph
node involvement; there is no specific correlation. There can be lymph node
involvement with a small lesion and NO lymph node involvement with one the
size of a baseball; it has to do with the nature of the cells, the "type" of
cancer. The tumor has a nuclear grade and is staged as part of treatment
protocol. No, I'm no doctor, but too overdosed on the Internet. She will
need to get the pathology report. I am glad only one node seems to have been
involved, but the critical thing will be determining what type of cells
comprise the lesions.

Take care of her!