ArticleBreast cancer : basic and clinical research2018
Upper-Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis in Patients With Breast Cancer With Chest Versus Arm Central Venous Port Catheters.
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- Comparison between Arm Port and Chest Port for Optimal Vascular Access Port in Patients with Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.BioMed research international · 2020Pooled it
- Development and validation of a machine learning model for predicting unplanned removal of totally implantable venous access ports in patients with breast cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Is there a difference in catheter-related thrombosis between left- and right-sided arm ports and chest ports?Frontiers in surgery · 2026Review
- Supra-pectoralis major implantation of totally implantable venous access ports in emaciated oncology patients: a single-center retrospective study.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Prevention of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC)-Associated Vein Thrombosis in Cancer: A Narrative Review.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Quality of life in women with breast cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy: comparison between PICC and PICC-port.Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) · 2024Observational
- Central venous access device terminologies, complications, and reason for removal in oncology: a scoping review.BMC cancer · 2024Article
- Impact of totally implanted venous access port placement on body image in women with breast cancer.The journal of vascular access · 2024Article
- Risk factors associated with venous thromboembolism in breast cancer: a narrative review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Review
- Application of intracavitary ECG for positioning the totally implantable venous access port in the upper arm of cancer patients.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2022Article
- Central catheter-associated deep vein thrombosis in cancer: clinical course, prophylaxis, treatment.BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2021Review
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Abstract
Most of the patients undergoing treatment for cancer require placement of a totally implantable venous access device to facilitate safe delivery of chemotherapy. However, implantable ports also increase the risk of deep vein thrombosis and related complications in this high-risk population. The objective of this study was to assess the incidence of upper-extremity deep vein thrombosis (UEDVT) in patients with breast cancer to determine whether the risk of UEDVT was higher with chest versus arm ports, as well as to determine the importance of previously reported risk factors predisposing to UEDVT in the setting of active cancer. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 297 women with breast cancer who had ports placed in our institution between the dates of December 1, 2010, and December 31, 2016. The primary outcome was the development of radiologically confirmed UEDVT ipsilateral to the implanted port. Overall, 17 of 297 study subjects (5.7%) were found to have UEDVT. There was 1 documented case of associated pulmonary embolism. Fourteen (9.5%) of 147 subjects with arm ports experienced UEDVT compared with only 3 (2.0%) of 150 subjects with chest ports (
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