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>>> Looking for Breast Cancer Survivors...
The School of Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco is looking for breast cancer survivors with or without lymphedema who have completed active treatment (even as long as 20 years ago) who had treatment with surgery and/or radiation therapy or chemotherapy for their research study... Read More...

>>> Groundbreaking Medicare Decision...
Compression Garments are Prosthetic Devices! Read More...

>>> Cancer Survivors Needed for Stanford Study of Lymph Disorder
Stanford University Medical Center is looking for lymphedema patients, primarily breast cancer survivors, with swelling in the arm. For more information on volunteering for this study call (650)725-7571. ~This study is under the direction of Stanley Rockson, MD, associate professor of cardiovascular medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine Read More...

>>> Looking for Patients
Find out about New Studies of Breast Cancer Survivors: University of California, San Francisco and Vanderbilt University Read More...

>>> Check out the next ACOLS Therapist Training Course
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>>> Lymphedema Study Seeks Participants
A study now being conducted at UD is seeking participants with breast-cancer-related lymphedema, a condition caused by lymph node excision in mastectomies. The study, which aims to manage the arm pain and swelling associated with lymphedema, will involve eight weeks of aquatic exercise at the Newark Senior Center on White Chapel Drive. The study is being initiated and overseen by Paula Richley Geigle, a faculty member in UD's Department of Physical Therapy who holds a doctorate in physical therapy. Read More...