Can Tissue Stiffness Measured Using Shear-Wave Elastography Represent Lymphedema in Breast Cancer?

Quantifying radiation-induced breast fibrosis by shear-wave elastography in patients with breast cancer: A 12-months-follow-up data of a prospective study

“…Their study reported that the stiffness and thickness measurements of the cutaneous and subcutaneous tissue of the upper extremity lymphedema were significantly larger than those of the normal upper extremity among 16 patients with clinical lymphedema, and SWE was effective in detecting changes in the cutaneous and subcutaneous tissue. Additionally, the study by Lee et al, which evaluated the severity of lymphedema in breast cancer using SWE, demonstrated that SWE can effectively assess skin fibrosis between the affected and normal upper extremities [27] . The current study showed a correlation between quantitative elasticity value and the subjective CTCAE grade of RT-induced breast skin fibrosis.…”