axilla

According to the group, a more recent study found higher levels of one paraben, n-propylparaben, in the axilla quadrant of the breast where the highest proportion of breast tumors is found.

Axilla: This part of the human body rhymes with gorilla and can smell just as bad.

This means that most women will not need to have a second surgery to the axilla after a cancerous node has been found.

The trial showed clearly that radiotherapy was just as efficient as surgery in preventing cancer coming back in the axilla after a sentinel node biopsy had been done.

How the Mystery Was Solved: Dr. Jacobien Hoogerwerf, the internist-in-training who examined the anxious young woman at the Academic Medical Center, noticed that the bluish pallor was visible across the patient's cheeks, chest, arms and back, but not under her arm, in the axilla.