Sensations in the chest after a mastectomy matter because they affect safety and quality of life, an expert said. Many don’t know that chest numbness after mastectomy is an unintentional, yet real, ...

which usually includes some surgical site discomfort and swelling. You may also experience the following complications after a mastectomy, notes the ACS: Chest or upper arm numbness Limited movement ...

A diagnosis of triple-negative breast cancer is typically made after a biopsy confirms the tumor’s receptor status. Imaging ...

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Kara Hennelly always took pride in staying active. In her 20s and 30s, she trained for and ran two half-marathons. In her 40s, as a busy pediatric emergency medicine physician in St. Louis and mom of ...

Patients with early-stage, node-positive breast cancer whose nodes are pathologically tumor-free (ypN0) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy may safely skip post-mastectomy nodal irradiation without ...

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