New Technique for prevention shows promise in study

Well, hey! Hooray for Dr. Cheville! Save those "innocent by-stander" nodes!!

Thanks, Cookie,
Binney

Cookie, that's how I felt--glad to be validated, and so sad that I didn't know this, didn't push harder to be part of the radiation planning--I had LE when I started radiation, and the rad onc did not care and when I discovered how much of the axilla was in the field, she told me rads NEVER caused LE.

I'm so glad for the study and for the women it will help, and I can't help but be sad that it came over two years too late for me.

Here's a nice video of Andrea Cheville explaining the study

http://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/2010/12/06/lymphedema-study/#2

Kira

I can't understand why the doctors are SO defensive about LE.  It drives me bananas. Is it they are concerned their jobs will be more difficult if they have to answer patients and create workarounds?  The good news is, this will all be different in the future.  And that makes me happy for myself, as well as the folks I know who will cross this road.