Patient Question before first surgery - Why do you need to remove the lymphnodes from the arm pit when the cancer is in the breast ? is it safer to remove all of them ?What are the side effects of these procedures? Can they be prevented or minimized?

Dr. Vinay Deshmane

Sr. Consultant Surgical Oncologist & Specialist in Breast Diseases,

Breach Candy Hospital & P.D.Hinduja Hospital,
Mumbai