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Risk of Lower body Lymphoedema after treatment for cancer

dc.contributor.authorHealth Service Executive
dc.contributor.authorNational Lymphodema Services
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-19T11:17:26Z
dc.date.available2024-07-19T11:17:26Z
dc.date.issued2023-02
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/642345
dc.descriptionLymphoedema (pronounced lim-fo-dee-ma) can happen when surgery or radiation is used to treat cancer. The surgery or treatment may cause a build-up of fluid in your body that results in swelling. It happens because your lymph nodes have been removed or blocked, or because they have been damaged by radiation. It can occur in your arm, leg, head, neck, trunk or genital area. Which area is affected depends on where you had surgery or radiation. The fact sheets will help you to work out your risk of developing lymphoedema. It will show you ways of helping the rest of your lymph nodes to do their job of draining lymphatic fluid in your body and carrying out its other important functions. Lymphoedema can develop at any stage after your cancer treatment, but the risk of having it is highest in the first one to three years after treatment ends.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHealth Service Executiveen_US
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectHEALTH PROMOTIONen_US
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTHen_US
dc.subjectLymphoedemaen_US
dc.subjectSURGERYen_US
dc.titleRisk of Lower body Lymphoedema after treatment for canceren_US
dc.typePatient Information Leafleten_US
refterms.dateFOA2024-07-19T11:17:28Z


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