That's where Schmitz's
newest lymphedema study comes in.
Not exact matches
Her research, published in the
New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association, changed all that, laying out a specific weightlifting regimen that has proven to not only improve symptoms in women who already have the dreaded limb - swelling condition called
lymphedema, but also to stave it off altogether among those at risk.
But while insurers stand to save plenty of money if less women got
lymphedema after breast cancer, unlike when
new cancer drugs hit the market, exercise offers no immediate profit prospects for pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies — and no multi-million dollar advertising campaign advising patients to query their doctors about it.
The aim of this study was to develop
new, simple surgical mouse models of chronic
lymphedema, better simulating chronic nature of human postsurgical
lymphedema.
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.
But Golshan praised the
new study for focusing on
lymphedema detection, which continues to be an important problem among breast cancer surgery patients.