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Lymphedema is an uncomfortable, disfiguring, and potentially disabling complication of breast cancer surgery. The condition occurs in as many as 7% of women who undergo sentinel node biopsy and as many as 47% who undergo complete axillary dissection. Although conventional advice is to avoid lifting heavy objects with the affected arm following breast cancer surgery, weight training has been shown to be safe in breast cancer survivors with known lymphedema (JW Womens Health Aug 13 2009). Now, the same researchers have investigated weight lifting in women with breast cancer (diagnosed 1–5 years previously) who had undergone removal of ≥2 axillary lymph nodes and who were free of lymphedema. A total of 154 participants were randomized to a 1-y…