Q. I am now dealing with lymphedema following breast-cancer surgery. What exercises can I do? What else would help? - PACIFICA, CALIF. A. The lymphatic system, which works closely with the circulatory ...
An expert explains how attitudes towards lymphedema risk have evolved over the years. Attitudes are changing around lymphedema — and with that shift comes a handful of common myths and misconceptions ...
More than half of the patients with breast cancer who took part in an education-only or exercise-based intervention program remained lymphedema free 18 months following surgery to remove one or more ...
Lymph originates from a fluid, known as interstitial fluid that has diffused, or “leaked out” of small blood vessels called capillaries. This fluid contains many substances, including blood plasma, ...
Complete or complex decongestive therapy (CDT) is a treatment for lymphedema, a condition in which excess fluid (lymph) collects in a part of the body. Damage to the lymph nodes or vessels, or a ...
Laurencia Villalba is a vascular surgeon in private and public practice. Alison Tomlin and Theresa Larkin do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization ...