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Arm Edema Common After Breast-Conserving Tx.
SAN ANTONIO -- Arm swelling accounts for roughly one-half of all moderate-to-severe long-term complications of breast-conserving therapy in breast cancer patients, Dr. Funda Meric said at a breast cancer symposium sponsored by the San Antonio Cancer Institute.
The increasing interest in sentinel lymph node biopsy in lieu of axillary lymph node dissection, along with a concerted effort at postsurgical weight loss may have a favorable impact on arm edema, added Dr. Meric of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.
Her retrospective review of 294 breast cancer patients who underwent breast-conserving surgery plus radiotherapy at the center and were then followed for 8 years indicated that moderate-to-severe long-term complications occurred in only 9.9%. Arm edema of at least moderate severity--defined as greater than 3 cm swelling above the elbow--occurred in 4.5% of patients.
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...additionally received manual lymphatic drainage twice a week for at least one month. A significant reduction in the volume of arm edema (12.9%, p<0.01) was observed in the treatment group compared to placebo. Decreased edema was more marked in...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 8, 2008 700+ words
...groups and all timepoints during infusions. Across the three HYLENEX dose cohorts, 94% of subjects had moderate or severe arm edema with placebo compared to 17% with HYLENEX (p < 0.0001). AEs occurring following treatment were mild to moderate...
Source: HighBeam Research, Arm Edema Common After Breast-Conserving Tx.