No Higher Risk In Air travel for breast cancer survivor

A new study has revealed that women who have the problem of Breast cancer can fly any number of times without much need of worrying about their problem as the researchers claim that there is no much risks involved with them while flying. University of Alberta researcher Margie McNeely claim that there is a common thought prevailing among the people that breast cancer patients are at higher risk of lymphedema if they happened to travel through Air.

However Breast cancer survivors are habitually warned regarding post blood cancer while flying higher as the pressure could vary suddenly which could lead to serious problems such as lymphedema, chronic swelling in the arm.

Meanwhile McNeely explained that there is higher potential of risk only for the patients who have undergone lymph nodes removed from the armpit, a normal procedure followed for everyone during cancer treatment. When there are more chances for chronic swelling these Lymph nodes process to drain the fluid.

McNeely along with Australian researcher Sharon Kilbreath explained the process by comparing with two similar groups –one with lymph nodes and whereas another removed lymph nodes. However member of both the groups were breast cancer patients for more than five years. Research result shows that 95% of the women had no signs of arm swelling. However four women had slight indications in the increase of swelling but at a follow-up test, done six weeks later, three were back to normal and only one had the potential risk for chronic swelling. McNeely said that the risk of lymphedema is much lower while flying at higher attitudes so cancer survivors can have a happy trip every time.