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Study: More women with invasive breast cancer could potentially be spared an axillary surgery – News-Medical.Net
More women could potentially be spared an axillary lymph node dissection — the surgical removal of 10-20 lymph nodes — a procedure that causes disabling arm swelling…
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 22 2020
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More women could potentially be spared an axillary lymph node dissection — the surgical removal of 10-20 lymph nodes — a procedure that causes disabling arm swelling in up to 25% of women, according to a UCLA study led by Dr. Maggie DiNome, chief of breast surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
The procedure is currently a standard part of surgical treatment for women with breast cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes to…
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