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 ...

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 ...

Trials evaluating the omission of completion axillary-lymph-node dissection in patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer and sentinel-lymph-node metastases have been compromised by limited ...

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 ...

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 ...

The study was performed with IRB approval in two university trauma centers. In this prospective study a consecutive series of 44 patients with acute proximal fractures that presented to the two ...