Axillary nerve dysfunction (AND) is a condition marked by a loss of movement or sensation in the shoulder area. It’s also known as neuropathy of the axillary nerve. Excessive stress or damage to the ...

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 ...

Axillary lymphadenopathy occurs when your underarm (axilla) lymph nodes grow larger in size. It typically resolves on its own, but may sometimes occur with more serious causes. Finding a lump or ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Radiation and axillary lymph node dissection conferred similar OS and RFS among patients with pathological N1 breast cancer detected by sentinel lymph node biopsy after mastectomy, ...

Joseph P. Iannotti, MD, PhD: We obtain AP radiographs in the plane of the scapula (Grashey view) and an axillary view in all patients. We obtain a CT scan to include the entire scapula with less than ...

Is axillary node dissection beneficial in patients with T1 or T2 breast cancer whose initial therapy is lumpectomy and tangential breast irradiation? The authors performed a randomized controlled ...

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, ...

Axillary web syndrome, also known as lymphatic thrombus, is a complication in the clinical manifestations suffered by many women after overcoming breast cancer, mainly affecting their shoulder ...

A study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology determined that the main risk factor for breast cancer-related lymphedema in patients with positive axillary lymph nodes is the type of axillary ...

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 ...