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 ...

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 ...