A study has shown that lymph node transfer is a viable treatment for the swelling in the affected limb, a condition known as lymphedema, after breast cancer surgery. However, an effective drug to ...

For two years, Carol Prather of Vancouver endured painful swelling in her feet and ankles, unsure why her lower legs were retaining fluid. Her doctor didn’t have an answer, telling her only to lose ...

VEGF-inducing gene therapy did not significantly improve outcomes with vascularized lymph node transfer for lymphedema. Arm volume reduction and quality of life were similar between treatment groups.

Sharon Lanza was too self-conscious to wear sleeveless shirts before last summer. The 73-year-old from upstate New York suffers from lymphedema, a side effect from breast cancer that caused her left ...

NEW YORK, June 13, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- More than 2.5 million women in the United States have had breast cancer. Many of them were treated with a combination of surgery, radiation, and sometimes ...

Understanding the use of breast reconstruction after mastectomy. Background: The accuracy of the OSNA assay for metastases detection in sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) has recently been validated in our ...