Incidence and risk factors of lymphedema after breast cancer treatment: 10 years of follow-up.
CONCLUSIONS: Cumulative incidence of lymphedema was 41.1%. Women undergoing axillary radiotherapy, obese, who developed seroma, underwent chemotherapy infusion in the affected limb and with advanced disease had a higher risk of lymphedema.
PMID: 28992556 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Breast - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ribeiro Pereira ACP, Koifman RJ, Bergmann A Tags: Breast Source Type: research
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