Cancer treatment, as well as cancer itself, are common causes of lymphedema, a buildup of protein and fluid (lymph) in soft tissues that causes swelling, often in an arm or leg. This is because lymph ...

The now 81-year-old breast cancer survivor quickly realized that she, like one-third of all cancer patients, would now be living with a condition called lymphedema. “They had touched on this ...

You have been treated for breast cancer, which probably included a mastectomy and other treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy. And the mastectomy may have led to lymphedema, a swelling ...