D. Scott Lind, M.D., F.A.C.S.; Barbara L. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.; Wiley W. Souba, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.S. Before the advent of SLN biopsy, axillary dissection was ...

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 ...

MIAMI BEACH -- The surgical dogma favoring axillary dissection in breast cancer continues to give way to more selective data-driven strategies that allow more women to avoid axillary surgery, an ...

More women could potentially be spared an axillary lymph node dissection -- the surgical removal of 10-20 lymph nodes -- a procedure that causes disabling arm swelling in up to 25% of women, according ...

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, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN ANTONIO — Axillary radiotherapy and axillary lymph node dissection appeared associated with excellent and ...

The management of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer is continually evolving. Recent data now support omitting axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in most patients with metastases in up to two ...

Patients with early-stage breast cancer who had cancer detected in a sentinel lymph node biopsy had comparable 10-year recurrence and survival rates following either axillary radiotherapy or axillary ...

Lymphoedema is the build-up of lymph fluid in a limb, causing swelling of that limb. It is a common complication after treatments for various cancers, and can be chronic and debilitating. The ...