Upper Limb Lymphedema after Brest Cancer Therapy
Authors:
V. Bella; E. Zámečníková; O. Raneta
Authors‘ workplace:
Mamologické oddelenie, Onkologický ústav sv. Alžbety, Bratislava
Published in:
Prakt Gyn 2009; 13(1): 14-17
Overview
The number of newly diagnosed female patients with breast cancer continually increases, except for slightly reduced incidence in some countries in the world. Despite various therapeutic novelties in surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, we still cannot prevent some post‑therapeutic complications. One of the possible post‑therapeutic complication is the upper limb lymphedema after the surgery and/or radiotherapeutic treatment. As we can not fully influence the genesis of upper limb lymphedema, it is necessary to explain to our female patients the preventive precautions of possible complications after breast cancer therapy, take proper preventive precautions against the occurrence of lymphedema, and assure early diagnosis and therapy of already developing upper limb lymphedema.
Key words:
lymphedema – incidence – breast cancer – lymph system – classification – stages – diagnosis – prevention – lymphedema therapy
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