Lymphedema caused by cancer treatment is an often-debilitating condition that can last for years or decades. A dedicated research laboratory at MSK is clarifying how this puzzling disease develops and ...

Doctors and nurses with Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Service have developed new, simplified models to better predict and prevent breast cancer-related lymphedema, an ...

Imagine an ailment that swells one of your legs to four times its size—one that destroys quality of life, bringing with it immense pain, even shame. For Salvador Castellanos, that nightmare was a ...

DECATUR – Breast cancer surgery can affect other parts of the body. One of the most common areas is the arms. After returning home, patients may find their clothes or jewelry are tight, their arm ...

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) -- Lymphedema has been a long-standing worry after cancer surgery or radiation, particularly breast cancer. But it's now possible to reduce, or even prevent these swelling ...

Rates of lymphedema in patients with breast cancer were higher among those who received chemotherapy, radiation and axillary dissection, according to study data presented at the American Society of ...

The UCHealth SportsMed Clinic in Steamboat Springs is hosting its quarterly lymphedema monitoring clinic Jan. 26-28. The ...

January 22, 2010 — Early physiotherapy may help prevent and reduce lymphedema after breast cancer surgery, according to the results of a randomized, single blinded, controlled trial reported in the ...

SAN ANTONIO — A simplified surgical technique performed at the same time as an axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) almost eliminates the risk for lymphedema after breast cancer surgery and takes ...