# OnCo record cording-axillary-web-syndrome (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
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<https://onco.cc/terms/cording-axillary-web-syndrome/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "cording-axillary-web-syndrome" ;
  schema:name "Cording (axillary web syndrome)"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "axillary web syndrome"@en, "cords in the armpit"@en, "banding"@en ;
  schema:description "Tight bands of scar tissue that appear in the armpit in the weeks after lymph node surgery and can run down the arm to the elbow, wrist or thumb. They feel like guitar strings under the skin, they hurt and limit movement, and they usually settle within a few months with physiotherapy."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/cording-axillary-web-syndrome/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-25"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/breast-cancer/treatment/surgery/after-surgery/problems-after-mastectomy>, <https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng101/chapter/Recommendations> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-cancer/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/lymphadenectomy/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/sentinel-lymph-node-biopsy/> .