Understanding breast cancer-related lymphoedema.

Bennett Britton, T M; Purushotham, A D

Bennett Britton, T M; Purushotham, A D.

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Bennett Britton TM; Department of Research Oncology, King's College London, Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Surgeon ; 7(2): 120-4, 2009 Apr.

Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19408805

RESUMEN

Breast cancer-related lymphoedema (BCRL) is a chronic swelling of the upper limb following surgery to axillary lymph nodes. This clinical literature review considers the risk factors that have been identified for the development of BCRL: the extent of surgery to the breast and the axilla, radiotherapy, nodal status, infection and patient characteristics such as BMI and patient age. The management of BCRL is primarily conservative, but the evidence for pharmacological and surgical approaches is also considered.

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Neoplasias de la Mama/cirugía; Escisión del Ganglio Linfático/efectos adversos; Linfedema/etiología; Linfedema/terapia; Mastectomía/efectos adversos; Axila; Neoplasias de la Mama/patología; Femenino; Humanos; Linfedema/diagnóstico

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Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Neoplasias de la Mama / Escisión del Ganglio Linfático / Linfedema / Mastectomía Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Female / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Surgeon Año: 2009 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido

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