Obesity raises risk of cancer-related lymphedema (Reuters)

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Obesity raises risk of cancer-related lymphedema
    (Reuters)

 


Reuters - Painful swelling of the arm or shoulder area following treatment for breast cancer -- a condition called lymphedema - is more common in women who are overweight or obese than in women of normal weight, researchers have found.


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