The American Cancer Society reports that surgery to remove a cancerous tumor is prescribed in 95 percent of early stage breast cancers and more than 70 percent of advanced stage breast cancers. This ...

Axillary web syndrome, also known as lymphatic thrombus, is a complication in the clinical manifestations suffered by many women after overcoming breast cancer, mainly affecting their shoulder ...

Axillary Web Syndrome (AWS) represents a notable yet often under‐recognised complication arising from breast cancer surgery, including sentinel lymph node dissection and biopsy. Characterised by the ...

Axillary web syndrome, also known as lymphatic thrombus, is a complication in the clinical manifestations suffered by many women after overcoming breast cancer, mainly affecting their shoulder ...

Recently, omission of axillary lymph node dissection among patients with early breast cancer has been found to have no detrimental effect on outcomes in most cases, continuing a trend toward less ...

Some patients who undergo these procedures will develop side effects upon the removal of the lymph nodes. Lymphedema, or a swelling of the arm and hand on the same side of the body where the lymph ...

Cording — also known as axillary web syndrome (AWS) — often happens after your doctor removes lymph nodeds under your arm. A cord or web of cords can form under the skin on the inside of your arm. The ...