Less commonly, the pain—referred to as axillary pain—may be due to an autoimmune or arterial disease, nerve compression, and malignancies like breast cancer.The diagnosis of armpit pain may involve ...

The armpit is rich in sweat glands and the pores from these can become blocked, which may go on to become infected, causing a sore lump. Many of these do eventually go on their own, so leave it ...

A swollen lymph node in the armpit may be a sign of a bacterial or viral infection, an injury, or a serious health condition, such as cancer. The possible causes of lymph node swelling range in ...

The San Jose Sharks hosted 5-year-old cancer survivor Luke Schumann and his family during practice on Friday. Luke wished to ...

Around one in four women with breast cancer undergo an armpit, or axillary, lymph node removal surgery. The surgery is performed if tests show that the cancer has spread from the breast tissue to ...

Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) are more likely to come back than other breast cancer types and subtypes, according to the American Cancer Society ...