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Why are the lymph nodes in the armpit removed when a person undergoes surgery for breast cancer?

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Why are the lymph nodes in the armpit removed when a person undergoes surgery for breast cancer?

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The above poster gave an excellent answer, but just wanted to add that lymph nodes are throughout our body and are filters for our body, thus, of there are cancer cells they can travel through lymph nodes.