Open AccessBreast Cancer Presenting as an Axillary Mass
Author(s) -
Roy Ashikari,
Paul Peter Rosen,
Jerome A. Urban,
Tsuneaki Senoo
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-197604000-00015
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , modified radical mastectomy , axilla , mastectomy , radical mastectomy , cancer , surgery
Experience with breast cancer presenting as an axillary mass in 42 patients has been reviewed according to initial clinical findings, treatment and survival. In the absence of an obvious inflammatory lesion, an axillary node may prove to be the first sign of breast cancer. It has been demonstrated that such a node should be biopsied and if positive for adenocarcinoma, a radical mastectomy performed presuming other primary sites have been ruled out. The survival rate after surgery in this group of patients is better than in those who present with a palpable breast mass and have axillary metastases.