Trial sees improvement in treatment of breast cancer survivors who develop lymphoedema

Orla Brennan: 'Lymphoedema can be very debilitating and distressing so it’s very deflating for a patient to hear that after your surgery - which in my case included a full axillary clearance of the lymph nodes - you are not done.' Picture: Brian Arthur

Breast cancer survivor Orla Brennan was deflated to learn she might develop lymphoedema after treatment.

“Initially, I didn’t know much about lymphoedema other than it is the nasty cousin of breast cancer,” she said.