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ArticleJournal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education2025

Correspondence to "Online Information on Lymphedema: Systematic Review of the Quality of Online Patient Resources".

Marco Marcasciano, Giuseppe Antonio D'Amico, Martina Astolfi, Diego Ribuffo, Federico Lo Torto

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Article in Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Marco MarcascianoPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia", 88100, Catanzaro, Italy. m.marcasciano@unicz.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0540-5982
Giuseppe Antonio D'AmicoDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.
Martina AstolfiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.
Diego RibuffoPlastic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185, Rome, Italy.
Federico Lo TortoPlastic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185, Rome, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lymphedema represents a chronic and debilitating disorder affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide, with increasing trends due to population ageing and rising cancer incidence rates. The quality of online information patients can have access to seems to be critical in guiding them and their choices. The Ensuring Quality Information for Patients tool helps us in highlighting the lack of comprehensive coverage of all the relevant topics and procedural benefits for lymphedema disease. In this regard, surgeons and specialists still have a central role in actively leading their patients in navigating this complex field, warning them of possible misinformation and supporting them during counseling.

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EQIPLVALymphedemaLymph-node transfer

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PMID40958057

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