Mayo Clinic Q & amp;A podcast: Microsurgery can help treat lymphedema

One of the potentially painful side effects of cancer treatment is lymphedema. Lymphedema is tissue swelling caused by the buildup of fluid that's usually drained through the body's lymphatic system. Because lymph nodes are an important part of the lymphatic system, lymphedema can be caused by cancer treatments that remove or damage the lymph nodes. "During cancer treatment, sometimes lymph nodes need to be removed, and the lymphatic system that travels around and through these…
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