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 ...

Patients fear lymphedema as an unpredictable daily reminder of breast cancer treatment. The medical community has assumed for years that the development of breast cancer–related lymphedema (BCRL) ...

Preoperative Therapy in Invasive Breast Cancer: Reviewing the State of the Science and Exploring New Research Directions The sentinel node procedure is an adequate tool to identify lymph node ...

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 ...

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 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended a new test for surgeons to use during operations to discover if breast cancer has spread. The test - the RD-100i OSNA system ...

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 ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...