ReviewGland surgery2020
The basics of ultrasound elastography for diagnosis, assessment, and staging breast cancer-related lymphedema: a systematic review of the literature.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Multimodal Assessment of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema Using Bioimpedance Analysis, Ultrasound Tissue Thickness, and Shear Wave Elastography.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Lymphedema imaging and AI: A review of diagnostic modalities, biomarkers, and clinical integration.Biomedical journal · 2026Review
- Do not mistake symptomatic improvement for disease modification: therapeutic endpoints in secondary lower-extremity lymphedema require inflammation-fibrosis anchoring.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Ultrasound elastography: advances and challenges in early detection of breast cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
- Mathematical Models for Ultrasound Elastography: Recent Advances to Improve Accuracy and Clinical Utility.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Skin mechanical properties measured with skin elasticity measurement device in patients with lymphedema: Scoping review.Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) · 2024Article
- Shear Wave Elastography in Bruxism-Not Yet Ready for Clinical Routine.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Ultrasonography as an instrument to evaluate lymphedema secondary to breast cancer: systematic review.Jornal vascular brasileiro · 2023Review
- Breast Cancer-How Can Imaging Help?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Skin Layer Thickness and Shear Wave Elastography Changes Induced by Intensive Decongestive Treatment of Lower Limb Lymphedema.Lymphatic research and biology · 2022Article
- Determination of Reference Values of the Masseter Muscle Stiffness in Healthy Adults Using Shear Wave Elastography.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) incidence has been increasing overtime. Currently, there is not a preferred imaging tool for diagnosis, staging, and assessment of the disease. We aim to review the use of ultrasound elastography (UE) in BCRL patients. A systematic review was performed by querying PubMed, EMBASE, Ovid Healthstar, and Ovid Medline databases for studies that evaluated the use of UE in BCRL. The keywords "elastography" AND "lymphedema" in titles and abstracts were used for the search. The search retrieved 12, 12, 5 and 6 articles in each database, respectively. From these, only 4 met the inclusion criteria. UE methods included two-dimensional strain imaging, shear wave elastography (SWE), and global UE. Two of the studies evaluated the use of UE in the assessment of BCRL, while only 1 considered its use for diagnosis and staging. Based on our systematic review, UE appears to be a great tool in the assessment of BCRL to differentiate affected from non-affected arms.
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