Medicine:Positive axillary lymph node

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Short description: Lymph node in the armpit to which cancer has spread

A positive axillary lymph node is a lymph node in the area of the armpit (axilla) to which cancer has spread. This spread is determined by surgically removing some of the lymph nodes and examining them under a microscope to see whether cancer cells are present.

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the U.S. National Cancer Institute document "Dictionary of Cancer Terms".