Allergy symptoms may include a runny nose, congestion, coughing, wheezing, itching, and sometimes, swollen lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are small, bean-shaped organs that help remove harmful ...

The Patey group (sparing the pectoralis major muscle) comprised 225 patients and the Madden group (sparing both pectoral muscles ... sentinel lymph node and negligible risk of positive non-sentinel ...

Sentinel lymph node biopsy has replaced traditional axillary dissection, minimizing lymphedema risk in breast cancer surgery. The procedure targets the first draining lymph nodes, reducing unnecessary ...

The left axillary region seemed slightly swollen and quite tender, and a few small lymph nodes could be felt. The left shoulder anteriorly and the clavicular and pectoral regions were tender to touch.

The axilla (innervation for the Tail of Spence and the axillary lymph nodes) is supplied predominantly by the intercostobrachial ... innervating the female breast and axilla. MPN, medial pectoral ...

Patients with lymph node-positive breast cancer may still avoid extensive axillary surgery if they have clear nodes after systemic therapy, data from a prospective registry showed. Patients with ...

"We focused on patients with more extensive axillary lymph node disease: the patients where we know there were cancer cells in more than three nodes. We used FDG-PET/CT scans to assess the extent ...

As a result, breast surgery has the potential to avoid complete excision of axillary lymph nodes and reduce the risk for distressing side effects such as arm lymphedema. A multidisciplinary ...

Sparing lymph nodes ... complete axillary lymph node dissection toward sentinel lymph node biopsy to see if there’s evidence of metastasis, before taking out all the lymph nodes.