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Research suggests exercise is safe for breast cancer patients at risk for lymphedema

https://www.facingourrisk.org/XRAY/exercise-and-lymphedema
Full article: https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.2017.35.5_suppl.104

Patients and health care providers are often concerned about how exercise affects lymphedema (swelling in the arm or hand) in breast cancer survivors or other women who have had lymph node biopsy at the time of mastectomy. Research on this topic has been mixed. A new study suggests that exercise after breast cancer treatment does not lead to lymphedema or worsen existing lymphedema. However, because this study was small, more work needs to be done to understand the relationship between exercise and lymphedema in cancer survivors. (2/22/17)

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