[log in to unmask] wrestled with a keyboard and this emerged:
> Since a lot of
> breast cancer tumors occur in the upper outside quadrant of the breast
> area, this is where the lymph nodes are located.   Is this true??

I do know that the upper outer quadrant has more tissue than the
others (the tail of spence) so it stands to reason that the chances of
cancer locating there are higher.  Are there more cancers per amount
of breast tissue in that quadrant?

Regards,
Beth
CBE, ICCE, PP Doula
Springfield, MA USA

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