Sentences with phrase «lymphedema before»

But another breast cancer expert noted that other tools and techniques can detect lymphedema before symptoms arise, including a basic tape measure that costs «a couple of dollars.»

THURSDAY, May 3, 2018 (HealthDay News)-- Testing for small changes in the flow of lymph fluids after breast cancer surgery can spot the start of a painful swelling known as lymphedema before it becomes hard to treat, a new study suggests.

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The rationale for an observational approach is to avoid the morbidity of lymphadenectomy (specifically to avoid the possibility of lymphedema) for two subsets of patients who never manifest isolated recurrence in the lymph node basin: those who have no melanoma remaining in the nodal basin and those who experience distant treatment failure at or before the time of nodal recurrence.

Forty - nine of the patients, or about one - third, developed «subclinical» lymphedema — before noticeable symptoms.