Patients who beat cancer can be left with an incurable, chronic and painful condition. Sufferers and doctors alike are fighting to bring this hidden condition to light.
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both Hazledine and Rivera founded their own organisations to help support lymphoedema patients. "I wanted to short-cut that journey to finding the right management strategy and support for them ...
Early screening is helping doctors at Changi General Hospital (CGH) pick up cases of lymphoedema more quickly. This is leading to better treatment outcomes. The condition causes painful swelling ...
Zoe Draper (right) leads the clinic and is helped by Gemma Crane A clinic supporting people with cancer-related lymphoedema can now treat more patients after being set up in the summer.
Clinical studies into compression are also lacking, and much of its rationale is extrapolated from research relating to deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis and lymphoedema management; there is little ...