For patients diagnosed with breast cancer, determining whether cancer cells have spread to the axillary lymph nodes of the armpit is important for guiding treatment decisions. It has been debated ...

An interview with Dr. Muriel Brackstone from London Health Sciences Centre and Dr. Tari King from Dana Farber and Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, authors on “Management of the Axilla in Early-Stage ...

Axillary vein puncture guided by ultrasound, using a readily learned technique, was superior to cephalic vein dissection via cut-down for implantation of cardiac device leads in a small, multicenter, ...

Perceived Fears, Barriers, and Benefits Regarding Breast Cancer Screening: A Comparison of Lebanese and Lebanese-American Women We evaluated a prospective database of patients with breast cancer who ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- A key question after a cancer diagnosis is whether the cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes. Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have found a ...

For patients diagnosed with breast cancer, determining whether cancer cells have spread to the axillary lymph nodes of the armpit is important for guiding treatment decisions. It has been debated ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Certain groups of women with early-stage breast cancer may not benefit from sentinel lymph node biopsy.

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SAN ANTONIO — Omission of completion axillary lymph node dissection did not increase recurrence among patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer who had positive sentinel lymph node biopsy, ...

Andrew M. Kaunitz, MD: Several weeks ago, I saw a new patient, a woman in her early 50s who reported "swelling in my armpit." In the past week, she had noted that tissue in the upper outer quadrant of ...