Predictors of Unilateral Arm Lymphedema in Non-obese Locoregionally Advanced Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy, Modified Radical Mastectomy, and Postoperative Irradiation.
Surjeet DwivediAmiy ArnavVarun Kumar AgarwalS K DeshpandeRohit SharmaNaresh Kumar SaidhaPublished in: European journal of breast health (2024)
In patients undergoing modified radical mastectomy with level III dissection, and postoperative irradiation, the incidence of unilateral arm lymphedema is significantly influenced by several clinicopathological factors like the total number of lymph nodes removed in level III, higher maximal drain output, prolonged duration of drain placement and the presence of lymphovascular invasion.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- lymph node
- sentinel lymph node
- locally advanced
- breast reconstruction
- adipose tissue
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- cell migration
- radiation induced
- resistance training
- squamous cell carcinoma
- ultrasound guided
- endometrial cancer
- body composition
- young adults
- early stage
- obese patients