Arm-Hand Swelling Linked To Number Of Lymph Nodes Removed During Breast Cancer Surgery
Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 09:21
in Health & Medicine
In older breast cancer survivors, the number of lymph nodes removed during surgery and the presence of cancer in the lymph nodes were the two factors most directly linked to the development of lymphedema, swelling of the arm and hand, according to a new study.