Breast Cancer

Investigators at Prince of Wales Hospital target breast cancer

Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 15th, 2009

"The incidence rate of breast cancer is rising rapidly in Hong Kong. Lymphedema is a serious long-term complication of breast cancer surgery and radiation therapy," researchers in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China report.

"The objectives of this study were to evaluate risk factors associated with the development of lymphedema for patients with breast cancer who have had an axillary lymph node dissection and to explore potential factors associated with moderate to severe lymphedema. This was a matched case-control study of 202 women undergoing a unilateral axillary dissection for breast cancer, consisting of 101 cases with lymphedema and 101 controls who matched...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-01-15)

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