London researchers find lymph node change could indicate breast cancer risk

Lymph nodes play a key role in the immune system, helping the body fight infections and cancer. In breast cancer, the lymph nodes in the armpit are often the first place the disease spreads to and, at the moment, everyone with invasive breast cancer undergoes surgery to remove lymph nodes for examination.

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