Breast-cancer study expected to change views on removing lymph nodes

HACKENSACK, N.J. — Many women with breast cancer will no longer face a potentially devastating side effect of their cancer
surgery, as breast surgeons take to heart the conclusions of a new study about the need to remove underarm lymph nodes.

“This was a celebratory day for me,� said Dr. Laura Klein, medical director of The Valley Hospital’s breast center in Ridgewood,
N.J. “It’s practice-changing. I personally will no longer be

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