The end of breast cancer treatment is cause for celebration, but for many patients, it can bring new challenges. Some studies show that up to 65% of women who undergo breast cancer surgery develop ...

Living with, or being at risk of, lymphedema after breast cancer can leave many people feeling uncertain and overwhelmed. Too often, survivors must search for information on their own, sometimes too ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer published the first set of consensus guidelines intended ...

In this phase 3 trial, researchers aimed to assess morbidity and efficacy of 3-week hypofractionated locoregional radiotherapy compared to 5-week radiotherapy.

A recent study found that 3 months of resistance training did not worsen lymphedema in breast cancer survivors and instead significantly improved fluid balance and increased upper extremity muscle ...

Hypofractionated lymph node irradiation failed to reduce the frequency of lymphedema after treatment for invasive breast cancer, a randomized trial showed. A 3-week radiation therapy (RT) protocol led ...

NEWS. ASHLEY: THANK YOU. IN TODAY’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, LYMPHEDEMA. IT IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AFTER TREATMENT OR BREAST CANCER. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST HEIDI ARANDA WALSH SAYS ...

A focus on successful cancer treatment can mean that side effects, even if they are disfiguring and debilitating, can be given lower priority. This was the case for many years with the effects of ...

BARCELONA, Spain — Lymph node surgery to check for the spread of breast cancer could be avoided even in women with aggressive cancers if they respond well to initial chemotherapy, suggest the results ...

Lymphedema, a painful and often debilitating buildup of lymphatic fluid in an arm caused by removal of the lymph nodes, is an often overlooked aspect of breast cancer treatment. A 1998 report ...

The management of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer is continually evolving. Recent data now support omitting axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in most patients with metastases in up to two ...