Trial reportSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2013
Transient swelling versus lymphoedema in the first year following surgery for breast cancer.
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- Effects of resistance training on breast cancer-related arm lymphedema: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical effectiveness of decongestive treatments on excess arm volume and patient-centered outcomes in women with early breast cancer-related arm lymphedema: a systematic review.JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports · 2018Pooled it
- Heavy-Load Lifting: Acute Response in Breast Cancer Survivors at Risk for Lymphedema.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2018Trial
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- Yoga management of breast cancer-related lymphoedema: a randomised controlled pilot-trial.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2014Trial
- A dynamic nomogram predicting persistent breast cancer-related lymphedema: a retrospective cohort study in China.Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) · 2026Article
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- The effect of therapeutic exercise in the prevention of lymphoedema secondary to breast cancer: a systematic review.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2023Review
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- Real-time electronic patient evaluation of lymphedema symptoms, referral, and satisfaction: a cross-sectional study.mHealth · 2021Article
- Who Will Continuously Depend on Compression to Control Persistent or Progressive Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema Despite 2 Years of Conservative Care?Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: Risk Factors, Screening, Management, and the Impact of Locoregional Treatment.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2020Review
- Risk factors and prediction model for persistent breast-cancer-related lymphedema: a 5-year cohort study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019Article
- Lymphoedema After Breast Cancer Treatment is Associated With Higher Body Mass Index: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The East African health research journal · 2019Review
- The legacy of lymphedema: Impact on nursing practice and vascular access.Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique · 2019Article
- Financial cost of lymphedema borne by women with breast cancer.Psycho-oncology · 2017Article
- Identification of Prognostic Risk Factors for Transient and Persistent Lymphedema after Multimodal Treatment for Breast Cancer.Cancer research and treatment · 2016Article
- Worse and worse off: the impact of lymphedema on work and career after breast cancer.SpringerPlus · 2016Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeThe aim was to better understand the incidence, time course and risk factors for swelling in the arm on the side of surgery over the first year following surgery for breast cancer.
methodWomen (n = 160) were assessed 1 month following surgery and then randomised to the exercise or control group. Reassessment occurred 3, 9 and 15 months following surgery. Potential risk factors for swelling included age, body mass index, side of surgery and surgical and medical treatments for their breast cancer, physical measures of shoulder range of motion and strength, inter-limb arm circumference difference and the group to which they were randomised. Swelling was determined using bioimpedance spectroscopy with reference to previously established cut-offs for lymphoedema.
resultsThe number of women with swelling at 3, 9 and 15 months was 15, 15 and 13, respectively; however, at 15 months only 5/13 presented with swelling in either of the preceding assessments. The risk of swelling increased at 3, 9 and 15 months for each centimetre increase in the baseline inter-limb difference in sum of arm circumferences by 1.30, 1.17 and 1.14. In addition, risk of swelling at 3 months was 2.6 times greater for women in the control group; at 9 months, 7 times greater for women who had taxane-based chemotherapy; and at 15 months, the risk increased 1.16 times for each day the drain was in situ.
conclusionSwelling in the first year is likely to be transient, and factors including exercise and taxane chemotherapy affect the risk of developing swelling.
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