Can GLP-1s Treat Lymphedema?

Dr. Michael Stubblefield is a cancer rehabilitation expert and Dr. Joseph Dayan is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon who has pioneered techniques to ease lymphedema with surgery. They’re both very interested in how the GLP-1 medicines, like Ozempic, Wegovey, Zepbound, Mounjaro, Victoza, and Trulicity — just to name a few — could be used to manage lymphedema. Listen to the episode to hear Drs. Stubblefield and Dayan explain: how common lymphedema is among people with breast cancer current lymphedema treatments how the new study using a GLP-1 medicine to treat lymphedema came about what we know right now about GLP-1 medicines and breast cancer treatments