2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2017.09.006
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Incidence and risk factors of lymphedema after breast cancer treatment: 10 years of follow-up

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“…3 During the past 10 years, many efforts have been made in breast cancer diagnosis and therapy, including combinations of surgery, hormone therapy, and adjuvant therapy. 4 However, the overall prognosis of breast cancer is still unsatisfactory due to recurrence and distant metastasis. 5 The proliferation and metastasis of breast cancer is a multi-step biological process that involves the activation or silencing of genes and epigenetic modifications; however, the details of its molecular mechanism are still largely unknown.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…3 During the past 10 years, many efforts have been made in breast cancer diagnosis and therapy, including combinations of surgery, hormone therapy, and adjuvant therapy. 4 However, the overall prognosis of breast cancer is still unsatisfactory due to recurrence and distant metastasis. 5 The proliferation and metastasis of breast cancer is a multi-step biological process that involves the activation or silencing of genes and epigenetic modifications; however, the details of its molecular mechanism are still largely unknown.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Further, lymphedema incidence rates can vary with the length of the follow‐up period and the methods of determining edema. For example, in a retrospective study by Pereira et al 964 women having mastectomy and adjuvant RT had arms measured by circumference and estimation of lymphedema using Frustrum calculation. The incidence of lymphedema was 13.5% at 2‐years, 30.2% at 5‐years, and 41.1% at 10‐years.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Lymphedema has various definitions as well, with a prevalence up to 94% depending on characteristics and definition used, the timing of diagnosis, and study design . Significant risk factors for developing lymphedema are high BMI, mastectomy, number of lymph nodes removed, and axillary lymph node dissection . Lymphedema can lead to significant difficulty with normal activities.…”
Section: Long‐term Sequelaementioning
confidence: 99%