Cording — also known as axillary web syndrome (AWS) — often happens after your doctor removes lymph nodeds under your arm. A cord or web of cords can form under the skin on the inside of your arm. The ...

After learning I had breast cancer, I had a double mastectomy in January at the age of 34. In the first few weeks of recovery, something felt wrong in my right arm. It felt like there was a tight ...

Lymphedema is a problem that may occur after breast cancer surgery (with a sentinel node biopsy or axillary dissection) when lymph nodes are removed or treated with radiation therapy within this area.

The American Cancer Society reports that surgery to remove a cancerous tumor is prescribed in 95 percent of early stage breast cancers and more than 70 percent of advanced stage breast cancers. This ...

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Some patients who undergo these procedures will develop side effects upon the removal of the lymph nodes. Lymphedema, or a swelling of the arm and hand on the same side of the body where the lymph ...