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Touch Therapy Decreases Lymphedema Following Breast-Cancer Surgery
posted:8/24/2010
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For women who have breast-cancer surgery that involves the dissection of axillary lymph nodes, the development of secondary lymphedema is all too common. A recent study has revealed that an early post-surgery physiotherapy program that includes manual lymph drainage, scar massage and
The full research report of “Touch Therapy Decreases Lymphedema Following Breast-Cancer Surgery,” ran in the print edition of MASSAGE Magazine's September 2010 issue.
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