th, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm, in the Miguel Servet lecture theatre at Hospital Clínic, calle Casanova 160. For more information, contact: schedule of sessions.
Study of lymphoedema
Lymphoedema: prevention and quality of life is a work that helps raise awareness of the reality surrounding this potential after-effect in hospitals and associations for those affected across the country. It is a document of great interest that complements the provision of resources for treatment of the disease within the public system.
The study was commissioned by the Spanish Federation of Breast Cancer (FECMA) and has benefited from cooperation of the company Pfizer. Mrs Montserrat Gironès Coromina, a physiotherapist at the Clínic, has led the coordination effort, and has worked together with the technical team formed by Mª Angeles Arenillas Pérez, also a physiotherapist at the Clínic, Mar González Sanz, a sociologist, and Laura Salom Seminario, a physiotherapist. The healthcare professionals, associations, and hospital and health centres throughout the country who have participated in the study include professionals from the Functional Unit for Breast Diseases of the Hospital Clínic and the Breast and Health Help Group (gAmis) association, created in 1997 by the first women suffering from breast cancer who attended the physiotherapy sessions at the Hospital Clínic.