The drain is connected to a plastic bulb to suction up the fluid. At MSK, we do not leave in surgical drains after a lumpectomy, or after a lumpectomy with lymph node biopsy. Cancer doctor Dr. Diane ...

Around one in four women with breast cancer undergo an armpit, or axillary, lymph node removal surgery ... a lymphatic drainage disorder in the affected arm. In 2022, about 2.3 million women ...

The first patient with locally advanced rectal cancer has been enrolled in the FORTRESS study which is evaluating the ...

Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is a diagnostic staging procedure that is applied in a variety of tumor types, including early-stage oral cancer. On account of its less invasive nature compared to ...