The axillary recurrence rate in the 115 patients (53%) who required further lymph node removal was 3.5%, with an overall ...

With the average age for women to be diagnosed with breast cancer is late forties, one woman revealed she was diagnosed with ...

Breast cancer survivors who have undergone lymph node removal may develop lymphedema, a condition that causes chronic swelling. Pregnant women also find relief, as fluid retention and swelling are ...

Dr. Kandace P. McGuire discusses how targeted axillary staging differs from traditional methods of staging in patients ...

This surgery is also called a simple mastectomy. Modified radical mastectomy This surgery combines a total mastectomy with the removal of axillary (underarm) lymph nodes. You’ll need this surgery if ...

BACKGROUND: Lymphedema is an incurable disease associated with lymphatic dysfunction that causes tissue swelling and fibrosis ...

A five-factor model effectively stratified patients with breast cancer based on lymphedema risk. Researchers believe this tool could be useful in clinical practice and in future research.

swelling that can result from radiation damage to lymph nodes or their removal as part of cancer treatment. “Hypothetically, it is looking at a major medical need,” says Mark Coles, a researcher at ...