Lymphedema, a chronic condition often stemming from cancer treatments, leads to tissue swelling. Early detection through surveillance programs and proper skincare can prevent complications like ...

As a science journalist, I've written for years about the research of Stanley Rockson, MD, a Stanford expert on lymphedema, a little-known but widespread disease that causes painful, unsightly ...

For more than three decades, Lisa Hanson did her best to hide the unsightly fluid retention in her left leg that caused uncomfortable swelling and made her skin taut and thickened. At 17, when she was ...

When breast cancer spreads to patients' axillary (armpit) lymph nodes, surgeons will sometimes remove some or all of those nodes through axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). That procedure saves ...

When Nicole Faccio was born, her left arm was already noticeably swollen. "I probably gave heart attacks to a couple of people," Faccio, 36, London-based project manager for a technology consulting ...

Machine learning using real-time symptom reports can accurately detect lymphedema, a distressing side effect of breast cancer treatment that is more easily treated when identified early, finds a new ...

Out-of-pocket (OOP) spending burden for Medicare beneficiaries with cancer. Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting-associated hospital and ER visits in real-world practice: Palonosetron versus other ...

A new study has found that nearly one third of older adult female survivors of colorectal, endometrial and ovarian cancer have quality of life-impacting challenges with physical activity due to ...

Intensive Multimodality Treatment for Children With Newly Diagnosed CNS Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor We conducted a 5-year, population-based prospective study of 631 randomly selected Philadelphia ...

Two early-stage clinical trials have shown that ketoprofen can improve skin damage in patients with lymphedema. For more than three decades, Lisa Hanson did her best to hide the unsightly fluid ...