New data from researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) featured in the 2021 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) press program highlights the important impact that race and ethnicity have on the incidence and severity of breast cancer–related lymphedema after axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). Epidemiological and self-reported data has previously suggested that Black women may be at an increased risk of developing lymphedema after ALND; however, prospective clinical data is lacking and lymphedema risk for other racial minorities has not been well studied.
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