A 56-year-old man who is diagnosed with rectal cancer is undergoing biopsy of several lymph nodes. The nodes most likely to be sampled from this patient will be from the inferior mesenteric nodes, inguinal nodes, and the
A. gonadal nodes
B. internal iliac nodes
C. portal vein nodes
D. renal nodes
E. superior mesenteric nodes
Ans: B. internal iliac nodes
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