Breast Cancer Research Group

The Breast Cancer Research Group is a multi-disciplinary group of well-established researchers. Their backgrounds include:

• physiotherapy;
• oncology;
• breast surgery;
• applied physiology and physiology;
• public health and
• psychology.

The Group is focused on identifying and modifying the painful, long-term effects of breast cancer treatment to improve overall quality of life.

This is most commonly ongoing shoulder and arm problems such as lymphoedema (arm swelling caused by fluid build-up due to the removal of lymph nodes either by surgery or radiotherapy), shoulder stiffness, weakness, pain and numbness.