Showing posts with label lymph nodes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lymph nodes. Show all posts

Monday, December 4, 2017

Replacing lymph nodes to ease painful legacy of cancer care - ABC News

Breast cancer treatment left Susan Wolfe-Tank with an arm too painfully swollen to lift anything heavy or even fit into her usual clothing — a debilitating condition that gets little attention and has no cure. Desperate, the Wisconsin woman traveled hundreds of miles to seek a delicate operation — replacing under-arm lymph nodes lost in cancer surgery — as a small but growing number of hospitals offer microsurgical attempts at relief from lymphedema that help some patients but not all.....
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/replacing-lymph-nodes-ease-painful-legacy-cancer-care-51402376









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