Lymph node surgery may raise risk of arm morbidity in younger women

(American Association for Cancer Research) Younger breast cancer patients who underwent axillary lymph node dissection were more likely to experience arm swelling and decreased range of arm motion than patients who received sentinel lymph node biopsies, according to data presented at the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 5-9.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news