Providing Answers About Lymphedema. Except for recurrence of breast cancer, no event is. more dreaded than the development of lymphedema, . said Marilyn Kwan, PhD, a lymphedema researcher. quoting from an article in the journal Cancer. This little. known and mystifying condition is comprehensively. discussed in the American Cancer Societys Complete. Guide to Lymphedema. This essential guide is designed to. be a practical handbook of how to cope with and. manage complex physical and emotional lymphedemarelated. issues.