乳房淋巴系統

淋巴管很像靜脈，但淋巴管攜帶清澈水狀的淋巴液，而不像靜脈攜帶血液。

Lymph vessels are a lot like veins, but instead of carrying blood, these vessels carry clear, watery fluid called lymph. 癌症可以透過淋巴系統開始向身體的其他部位蔓延。Cancer can spread from where it started to other parts of the body. 如果癌細胞在淋巴系統的通行，癌細胞可能最終停在身體各部位淋巴結。 If the cells travel through the lymph system, they may end up in the lymph nodes.

附圖顯示乳房附近的，可能會受到乳腺癌侵犯的腋窩淋巴結（綠色）。

This illustration shows the axillary lymph nodes near the breast that can be affected by breast cancer.