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What is the surgery for breast cancer that involves removal of the afflicted breast, the underlying muscles, and the nearby axillary lymph nodes? Why?
Radical mastectomy, concerned about metastasis
What is often seen in patients if their lymph nodes are removed? Why?
Edema, causes the nearby tissue to have impiared drainage of interstitial fluid and swell.
What is the condition caused by a parastiitc worm that grows in an obstructs lymphatic vessels? What is the name of the worm?
Elephantiasis, wuchereria bancrofti--transmitted by mosquitos