New registry will track lymphedema among breast cancer patients
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 06:30
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- More and more woman are surviving breast cancer, but lifesaving surgical and radiation therapies can cause a grave side effect: an incurable chronic condition called lymphedema that involves swelling of the arms and often debilitating pain and discomfort. While this disorder frequently has been ignored, misdiagnosed and untreated in breast-cancer survivors, thats beginning to change.