Lymph nodes are part of the body’s immune system. A swollen lymph node in the armpit may be a sign of a bacterial or viral infection, an injury, or a serious health condition, such as cancer.

Swollen lymph nodes can also be a side effect of certain drug classes that treat bacterial infection—such as Cephalosporins, ...

Armpit pain can have many causes, ranging from injuries and irritants to infections that cause swollen lymph nodes. Less commonly, the pain—referred to as axillary pain—may be due to an ...

In the transfer surgery, the patient's lymph nodes are transferred from the groin area to the armpit, or axilla, to replace the removed lymph nodes. The procedure involves extensive scar removal ...

The traditional treatment of a breast cancer is removal of the tumor through lumpectomy or mastectomy and a removal of armpit lymph nodes also known as a lymphnode dissection. This is to see if ...

Last month, radiologists at Massachusetts General Hospital noted that although "swelling of lymph nodes in the armpit is a normal response to COVID-19 vaccinations" on mammograms "they can be ...

When breast cancer metastasizes to regional lymph nodes, it most frequently goes to the sentinel lymph nodes ... Lymphoscintigraphy – a novel approach that safely and accurately screens axillary lymph ...

Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) are more likely to come back than other breast cancer types and subtypes, according to the American Cancer Society ...