axillary node

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axillary node - any of the lymph glands of the armpit; fights infections in the neck and chest and arm regions

lymph gland, lymph node, node - the source of lymph and lymphocytes

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Extracapsular axillary node extension in patients receiving adjuvant systemic therapy: an indication for radiotherapy?

Impact of Number of Positive Lymph Nodes and Lymph Node Ratio on Survival of Women with Node-Positive Breast Cancer

Axillary node dissection was then done irrespective of SLNB outcome.

A PROSPECTIVE TRIAL COMPARING THE ACCURACY BETWEEN ULTRASOUND GUIDED FNAC OF AXILLARY LYMPH NODES AND SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY USING METHYLENE BLUE FOLLOWED BY IMPRINT CYTOLOGY IN CLINICALLY NODE NEGATIVE EARLY BREAST CANCERS

Left segmental mastectomy of the lesion with axillary node dissection revealed a staging of pT1N0Mx.

Two Cases Of Angiosarcoma Following Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy

(2,5) MRI is also useful in the evaluation of axillary node asymmetry, which may indicate nodal involvement.

Erythematous, friable nipple with loss of protrusion: History of breastfeeding

Also, chronic lymphedema (Stewart-Treves syndrome), most commonly following after breast cancer treatment with axillary node dissection, increases the risk of angiosarcomas.

Angiosarcoma

The traditional approach has been that anyone with treatable breast cancer and a positive axillary node should have an ALND.

Sentinel lymph node biopsy and neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the management of early breast cancer: safety considerations and timing

Axillary node dissection no longer standard of care.

Modern breast surgery: what you should know

She had a right mastectomy and right axillary node dissection.

Neuroendocrine tumor of the breast

More than 90% of the women who had undergone axillary node dissection avoided blood draws, intravenous lines, and blood pressure measurements on the involved side--with more than 70% in the sentinel node biopsy group avoiding blood pressure measurements on the involved side, and almost 90% avoiding intravenous lines.

Ipsilateral arm BP measurements after breast cancer?

An excisional biopsy of the left axillary node identified a moderately differentiated metastatic adenocarcinoma (figure 1, B).

Unusual primary tumors presenting as papillary carcinomas metastatic to the neck

Occult axillary node metastases in breast cancer are prognostically significant: Results in 368 node-negative patients with 20- year follow-up.

Intraoperative examination of sentinel lymph nodes using scrape cytology

Roberge is known nationally for her work in physical therapy for patients who have undergone axillary node dissection and/or treatment for breast cancer.