Two arms compared. Copyright Mei R. Fu. All rights reserved.
This month AJN features the first of a two-part article on post–breast cancer lymphedema, a debilitating sequelae to treatment for breast cancer that’s characterized by the abnormal accumulation of lymph in the arm, shoulder, breast, or chest. In editing this article, I was struck by the sense of isolation reported by many of those who develop this condition, which can be visibly disfiguring and functionally disabling, and for which there is no cure. Yet according to the authors, many clinicians “seem unaware of the condition” and many breast cancer survivors don’t get the education and support they need either to reduce their risk for or to manage lymphedema. Read the rest of this entry ?
