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Study Results from University of Pennsylvania in the Area of Breast Cancer Published

Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 24th, 2011

2011 FEB 24 -- According to recent research published in the Jama - Journal of the American Medical Association, "Clinical guidelines for breast cancer survivors without lymphedema advise against upper body exercise, preventing them from obtaining established health benefits of weight lifting. To evaluate lymphedema onset after a 1-year weight lifting intervention vs no exercise (control) among survivors at risk for breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL)."

"A randomized controlled equivalence trial (Physical Activity and Lymphedematrial) in the Philadelphia metropolitan area of 154 breast cancer survivors 1 to 5 years postunilateral breast cancer,...

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