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 ...

Future breast cancer treatment options may not only increase patients’ survival but also reduce or eliminate their need for surgery altogether, says breast cancer surgeon Sara Javid, MD, Fred ...

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is one of the standard-of-care therapies for breast cancer (BC) with axillary lymph node (ALN) metastases. However, the response to this therapy varies depending on the ...

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 ...

Is Fertility Preservation Feasible and Safe With Neoadjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer? Axillary status is important for local treatment of the disease and for planning systemic treatment and ...

Recently, omission of axillary lymph node dissection among patients with early breast cancer has been found to have no detrimental effect on outcomes in most cases, continuing a trend toward less ...

Learn Look Locate launches a groundbreaking guide on lymph node surgery in breast cancer, offering clear, expert-led ...

Sentinel lymph node (SLN) resection has been advocated as an option to reduce morbidity for women undergoing surgery for breast cancer. When the sentinel node is negative for breast cancer, SLN ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hispanic, Black and Asian women experience more subjective arm swelling compared with white women after axillary ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with early invasive breast cancer who did not receive axillary surgery had noninferior outcomes as ...

Some patients who undergo these procedures will develop side effects upon the removal of the lymph nodes. Lymphedema, or a swelling of the arm and hand on the same side of the body where the lymph ...