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Sentinel Node Dissection Poses No Breast CA Survival Hazard (en inglés)
A study, called the Z0011 trial, suggests that routinely removing the axillary lymph nodes during surgery to remove early-stage breast cancer may not make sense for many women. The axillary lymph nodes...
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ASCO: Survival No Better After Axillary Node Surgery (en inglés)
Three studies suggest that routinely removing the underarm (axillary) lymph nodes during early-stage breast cancer surgery may not make sense for most women. These results were presented at the 2010 Am...
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Anesthetic Injection Reduces Pain of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (en inglés)
Sentinel lymph node biopsy often is performed before or during breast cancer surgery to help figure out if the cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes. The first step in sentinel lymph node biopsy is i...
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ASCO Breast: Upper-Body Breast Cancer Surgery Aftermath Often Lingers (en inglés)
A study found that most women who had breast cancer surgery had some type of arm problem (ranging from mild to severe) even 1 1/2 years after surgery. The research was presented at the 2008 American So...
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US panel mulls minimum breast cancer hospital stay (en inglés)
A bill in front of the U.S. Senate would require insurance companies to pay for at least 48 hours of hospital care, if it's needed, after a woman has either a mastectomy or a lumpectomy and lymph node ...
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Disparity seen in breast cancer surgery (en inglés)
Sentinel node biopsy is done during surgery to remove early-stage breast cancer. This biopsy is done to see if cancer has spread to the lymph node closest to the breast cancer (called the sentinel node...
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Dieting reduces lymphedema after breast cancer (en inglés)
With arm lymphedema, the soft tissues of the arm or hand swell. Lymphedema can develop after breast cancer surgery. Numbness, discomfort, and, at times, infection can happen along with the swelling. Ly...
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Physiotherapy helpful after breast cancer surgery (en inglés)
Some women who have surgery to treat breast cancer may feel pain and weakness in the upper arm and shoulder after surgery. This is more likely to happen when the surgery involves the armpit area or rem...
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Losing Weight May Help Ease Some Lymphedema
Lymphedema (pronounced lim-fe-DEE-ma) is a side effect that can begin any time after removal of the lymph nodes during breast cancer surgery. This condition involves swelling of the soft tissues of the...
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