Lymphedema is a chronic swelling or edema in a limb caused by a build-up of lymph fluid. This happens when the lymphatic system is damaged in some way. One common cause of damage is surgery, ...

Fox Chase Cancer Center doctors say a new approach can offer the possibility of not developing lymphedema after cancer surgery. Lymphedema is one of the most feared complications after cancer surgery.

Because it was not possible to remove a hard-to-reach bulge in the central lymphatic system, a team of doctors from the Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery at the University Hospital Zurich ...

For once, the Greeks had no word for it: they neither understood nor named the body’s system of glands and connecting channels through which colorless fluids flow. The Romans did coin a name, but for ...

Cancer can spread to the lymph nodes via a person’s lymphatic system. From here, it can travel through the lymphatic system to other parts of the body. The spread of cancer to a new part of the body ...