Lymphedema after head and neck cancer is considerably more common than previously assumed and can persist long after cancer treatment has finished. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have ...

Advanced treatment options are now available for patients with breast cancer, helping doctors detect lymphedema at an earlier rate. “We used to accept the fact that if a woman had a major lymph node ...

A study conducted at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) showed that 9-cis retinoic acid (alitretinoin) could significantly prevent postsurgical lymphedema.