Internal mammary lymphatic metastasis tends to come from the medial half and the periareolar regions of the breast. Spread to the internal mammary chain occurs with a lesser frequency than axillary nodal spread but it has a similarly poor prognosis.
Surgery or radiotherapy to involved nodes does not seem to improve survival.
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