A total of 751 women clinically node negative post-NACT underwent LAS (excision of lymph node [LN] and fat below first intercostobrachial nerve). Of these women, 730 also underwent SNB by dual ...

Recently, omission of axillary lymph node dissection among patients with early breast cancer has been found to have no detrimental effect on outcomes in most cases, continuing a trend toward less ...

Targeted axillary dissection (TAD) is a relatively new breast cancer procedure. It allows surgical oncologists to specifically locate a lymph node that contained cancer before chemotherapy, remove it ...

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD Key Takeaways An armpit lump, also called axillary lump, can be a symptom of breast cancer.A healthcare provider should check any hard armpit lump that doesn't ...

Axillary lymph node involvement is the best prognostic factor for breast cancer survival. Staging breast cancers by axillary dissection remains standard management and is part of the UK national ...

To independently evaluate the impact of axillary surgery type and regional lymph node radiation (RLNR) on breast cancer–related lymphedema (BCRL) rates in patients with breast cancer. The results of ...

Patients with lymph node-positive breast cancer may still avoid extensive axillary surgery if they have clear nodes after systemic therapy, data from a prospective registry showed. Patients with clear ...

Dye is injected into the breast, one to four of the nodes is identified with a probe and removed to see if cancer cells are present. Lymph nodes are small organs, typically ranging from the size of a ...

One of the potential side effects of the Covid-19 vaccine is axillary lymphadenopathy. (Photo by Daniel Garzon Herazo/NurPhoto via Getty Images) There’s a potential side effect with the Covid-19 ...

Radiation has been a staple of breast cancer treatment for decades, but a new study is casting doubt on whether it is ...

Skipping standard axillary lymph node dissection led to very low rates of axillary recurrence in patients with node-positive breast cancer who became node-negative following neoadjuvant chemotherapy, ...