title: Prevention and treatment of lymphedema after breast cancer.
abstract: Through personal experience, these two health care professionals discovered that the threat of lymphedema and its risk factors is often underestimated by clinicians. What they learned may help you provide better care for your patients with breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Waukesha County Technical College, Pewaukee, WI, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Purtell
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000601:surgery*; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care