Is Lymph Node Removal the Safest Choice for Breast Cancer?

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By Dr. Veronique Desaulniers

If you have been diagnosed with breast cancer, your oncologist may suggest lymph node removal as part of the course of treatment. Whether to get this procedure done is a personal choice that each woman must make. It is important to know the risks—and your options– before you commit to this potentially-dangerous procedure, however.

Why is lymph node removal so common?

When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, often times “sentinel lymph nodes” around the affected area may be removed via biopsy before conventional treatment begins (other times they are removed during surgery). Conventional oncologists often suggest this based …read more

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