After surgery, you will have long-term surveillance (monitoring) for years. Retroperitoneal (REH-troh-PAYR-ih-toh-NEE-ul) lymph node dissection (RPLND) is a treatment for cancer. The retroperitoneal ...

The swelling can occur in the arm, breast, chest or leg area. Patients who have had their lymph nodes removed due to cancer are more likely to develop lymphedema. If you have had a lymph node ...

You might have surgery to remove lymph nodes in your tummy (abdomen). These are called the retroperitoneal lymph nodes. This operation is called a retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. This is a ...

Women who have surgery for breast cancer often also have what's called a sentinel lymph node biopsy, in which a few lymph nodes in the armpit are removed to check for spreading cancer. Removing ...

Lymphodema is a big issue for anyone at all who has had lymph nodes removed, and that could be from breast cancer treatment, it could be from cancer that might be in the groin for instance or near ...

The axillary recurrence rate in the 115 patients (53%) who required further lymph node removal was 3.5%, with an overall ...

Lymph nodes and early breast cancer Women having surgery for breast cancer often also have what’s called a sentinel lymph node biopsy where a few lymph nodes in the armpit are removed to check ...

Women having surgery for breast cancer often also have what’s called a sentinel lymph node biopsy where a few lymph nodes in the armpit are removed to check for spreading cancer. But removing lymph ...