Systematic review of breast cancer related lymphoedema: making a balanced decision to perform an axillary clearance

Aim: Breast cancer-related lymphoedema (BCRL) is a disabling complication developing after breast cancer treatment in a proportion of patients. Its impact on quality of life becomes more substantial as survival after breast cancer diagnosis increases. The incidence of BCRL following breast cancer tr...

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Main Authors:	Göker, M., Devoogdt, N., Van de Putte, G., Schobbens, J.C., Vlasselaer, J., Van den Broecke, R., de Jonge, E.T.M.
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Language:	English
Published:	Universa Press 2013
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3987359/

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spelling	pubmed-39873592014-04-21 Systematic review of breast cancer related lymphoedema: making a balanced decision to perform an axillary clearance Göker, M. Devoogdt, N. Van de Putte, G. Schobbens, J.C. Vlasselaer, J. Van den Broecke, R. de Jonge, E.T.M. Systematic Review Aim: Breast cancer-related lymphoedema (BCRL) is a disabling complication developing after breast cancer treatment in a proportion of patients. Its impact on quality of life becomes more substantial as survival after breast cancer diagnosis increases. The incidence of BCRL following breast cancer treatment varies due to a lack of uniform definition and measurement criteria. This review aims to determine the prevalence of BCRL following axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) as a benchmark to be used in a risk-benefit medical decision whether to proceed with ALND or not. The risk of leaving unresected non-sentinel metastatic lymph nodes with a presumed inherent risk of local recurrence will be balanced against the risk of BCRL following a potentially unnecessary ALND. Universa Press 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3987359/ /pubmed/24753936 Text en Copyright: © 2013 Facts, Views & Vision http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Göker, M. Devoogdt, N. Van de Putte, G. Schobbens, J.C. Vlasselaer, J. Van den Broecke, R. de Jonge, E.T.M.
spellingShingle	Göker, M. Devoogdt, N. Van de Putte, G. Schobbens, J.C. Vlasselaer, J. Van den Broecke, R. de Jonge, E.T.M. Systematic review of breast cancer related lymphoedema: making a balanced decision to perform an axillary clearance
author_facet	Göker, M. Devoogdt, N. Van de Putte, G. Schobbens, J.C. Vlasselaer, J. Van den Broecke, R. de Jonge, E.T.M.
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title	Systematic review of breast cancer related lymphoedema: making a balanced decision to perform an axillary clearance
title_short	Systematic review of breast cancer related lymphoedema: making a balanced decision to perform an axillary clearance
title_full	Systematic review of breast cancer related lymphoedema: making a balanced decision to perform an axillary clearance
title_fullStr	Systematic review of breast cancer related lymphoedema: making a balanced decision to perform an axillary clearance
title_full_unstemmed	Systematic review of breast cancer related lymphoedema: making a balanced decision to perform an axillary clearance
title_sort	systematic review of breast cancer related lymphoedema: making a balanced decision to perform an axillary clearance
description	Aim: Breast cancer-related lymphoedema (BCRL) is a disabling complication developing after breast cancer treatment in a proportion of patients. Its impact on quality of life becomes more substantial as survival after breast cancer diagnosis increases. The incidence of BCRL following breast cancer treatment varies due to a lack of uniform definition and measurement criteria. This review aims to determine the prevalence of BCRL following axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) as a benchmark to be used in a risk-benefit medical decision whether to proceed with ALND or not. The risk of leaving unresected non-sentinel metastatic lymph nodes with a presumed inherent risk of local recurrence will be balanced against the risk of BCRL following a potentially unnecessary ALND.
publisher	Universa Press
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Systematic review of breast cancer related lymphoedema: making a balanced decision to perform an axillary clearance

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