Breast cancer treatment can damage the lymph nodes that drain fluid from your arm. This can lead to lymphedema, which affects about 1 in 5 breast cancer survivors.
How it works
Place the hand unit and the neck unit. The app shows you how, step by step.
The device sends a painless bioimpedance signal through your arm and measures fluid build up.
The app compares the result with your baseline measurements and with your other arm.
If the app notices fluid building up, it alerts you to contact your health care team.
Why it matters
Lymphedema develops in stages. In the earliest stage, before there’s any visible swelling, it can often be fully reversed. Short-term treatment, such as a compression sleeve, can be enough.
The problem is that today most women only find out once the swelling is visible. MyLymphCare is designed to help you catch it in that early window.
Who it’s for
MyLymphCare gives you and your health care team clear information about changes in your arm, so you can get checked at the right time. Your health care team still makes the diagnosis of lymphedema and decides on treatment.
If you’ve been treated for breast cancer, especially with surgery to the armpit lymph nodes or with radiation.
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If you already have lymphedema and want to monitor it.
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Even when lymphedema can no longer be reversed, it can change over time.
With MyLymphCare you can:
If fluid starts building up again, the app tells you, so you can contact your health care team sooner rather than later.
Your weekly measurements show how your arm changes over time, so you can track how it responds to treatment and everyday activities.
Instead of checking your arm every day and wondering what’s going on, you have clear measurements to go by.
Sources: Kilgore LJ et al., Annals of Surgical Oncology (2018). Cacto Health patient survey (2023). Reviewed by MD Greta Butkus.