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Press & Events: CBS News - Health Watch with Dr. David Marks
MEDICAL EXERCISE: The Key to Managing Lymphedema after Breast Cancer Surgery
A CBS Health Watch Report by Dr. David Marks as seen on WCBS-TV Ch. 2, NYC;
WFRV-TV Ch. 5 Green Bay, WI; KTVN-TV Ch. 2 Reno, NV; WROC-TV News 8, Rochester, NY
Read the story at CBS News
CBS News - October 12, 2004
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"Lymphedema. An unusually dangerous side effect of breast cancer treatment."
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Tonight we'll show you how to prevent it." |
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"Dr. David marks has an important health alert for women with breast cancer."
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"Breast cancer is bad enough. Dealing with complications of therapy can
make it that much more difficult."
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"Breast cancer patients have up to a 30% chance of developing lymphedema, and once they do there is no cure."
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"Essentially, once a person has lymphedema, they have it for a lifetime." - Dr. Christian Custodio, physiatrist and lymphedema specialist, NYC
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"Lymphedema is a condition that can occur after breast cancer when lymph nodes become damaged because of surgery or radiation treatments."
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"Exercise is very important because it helps carry lymph fluids out of the tissue." - Sara Cohen, O.T., is a lymphedema therapist in NYC.
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Annie Toglia, Medical Exercise Specialist, is a breast cancer survivor and author who has written a book called "Staying Abreast" to help people recover from surgery and treatments.
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"Staying Abreast, Rehabilitation Exercises for Breast Cancer Surgery," by Annie Toglia, MES, ACSM, CSCS |
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Dr. David Marks,
Health Watch, WCBS-TV |
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