Overweight women who undergo axillary lymph node dissection are more likely to develop lymphedema 超重的婦女在進行腋窩淋巴結(jié)清掃后更容易產(chǎn)生淋巴水腫。
Intermittent pneumatic compression ( ipc ) added to other elements of decongestive lymphatic therapy enhances the treatment of lymphedema associated with axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer patients , researchers report in the december 1st issue of cancer . " lymphedema of the arm is a common aftermath of breast cancer treatment with surgery and radiation 使用對患肢的間歇性充氣加壓法,輔助于原用于降低充血淋巴的傳統(tǒng)方法,可以增強對淋巴水腫的療效,研究人員結(jié)合了乳腺癌病人腋窩淋巴結(jié)的解剖實例,在12月1日腫瘤雜志發(fā)表了一份報告,內(nèi)容是: “對乳腺癌用手術(shù)或放射治療后都會引起共同的結(jié)果:上肢淋巴水腫。 ”