The management of axillary nodal disease in breast cancer can vary from no treatment to complete clearance of all axillary nodes. Clearance has the following aims:
However, even complete axillary clearance has no effect on survival.
Some approaches to the managment of axillary nodes are detailed in the submenu:
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