After breast cancer treatment, many women face unexpected challenges, and one of the most common is lymphoedema. It is a condition marked by swelling in the arm that can develop after surgery or ...
Axillary surgery involves the removal lymph nodes in the armpit region, while a sentinel lymph node biopsy is the removal of ...
Side-effects of treatment can include scarring, skin changes, heart damage from radiation and lymphoedema, a painful swelling of the arm, according to Dr Tim Rattay, a consultant breast surgeon and ...
Zoe Draper (right) leads the clinic and is helped by Gemma Crane A clinic supporting people with cancer-related lymphoedema can now treat more patients after being set up in the summer.