During surgery will my lymph nodes need to be removed?

Gordon F. Schwartz, MD, MBA, FACS

Academic Title: Professor

Director, Jefferson Breast Care Center

Board Certifications:
Surgery

In patients who have what are called invasive cancers, usually the first place to which it spreads is the lymph nodes under the arm, so that the care of patients who have invasive cancer usually will includes examination of some of the lymph nodes under the arm.