Prevalence of lymphedema symptoms across cancer diagnoses and association with depression, pain interference and health-related quality of life by Gitte Sone Larsen, Christoffer Johansen, Annika von Heymann, Bolette Skjødt Rafn

“…Background and purpose: Lymphedema is a debilitating late effect of cancer treatments, yet its prevalence beyond breast cancer remains understudied. …”
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Post‐operative incidence of lymphedema after RARP with or without extended pelvic lymph node dissection in a cohort study by Andries Clinckaert, Laura Ysenbaardt, Annabel Bijnens, Charlotte Van Calster, Inge Geraerts, Steven Joniau, Nele Devoogdt, Luc Bijnens, Wouter Everaerts

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Multimodal treatments and the risk of breast cancer-related lymphedema: insights from a nationally representative cohort in South Korea by Sung Hoon Jeong, Seong Min Chun, Miji Kim, Ye Seol Lee, Jisun Kim, Ja-Ho Leigh, Yoon-Hee Choi

Subjects: “…Risk of breast cancer-related lymphedema…”
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Short‐ and Long‐Term Efficacy of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Irradiated Breast Cancer Patients With Long‐Standing Lymphedema: A Prospective Case Series by Imjai Chitapanarux, Siriarrayapa Chachvarat, Patumrat Sripan, Thienchai Pattarasakulchai, Nuttaya Pattamapaspong, Thanat Kanthawang, Montana Buntragulpoontawee

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Race or Resource? BMI, Race, and Other Social Factors as Risk Factors for Interlimb Differences among Overweight Breast Cancer Survivors with Lymphedema by Lorraine T. Dean, Anagha Kumar, Taehoon Kim, Matthew Herling, Justin C. Brown, Zi Zhang, Margaret Evangelisti, Renata Hackley, Jiyoung Kim, Andrea Cheville, Andrea B. Troxel, J. Sanford Schwartz, Kathryn H. Schmitz

“…High BMI is a risk factor for upper body breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) onset. Black cancer survivors are more likely to have high BMI than White cancer survivors. …”
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Health-related Quality of Life and hospital costs of Finnish melanoma patients participating in the second Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial (MSLT-II) by Pia J. Heino, Jukka Pappinen, John F. Thompson, Micaela Hernberg, Tiina A. Jahkola, Mark B. Faries

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Risk Factors of Lymph Edema in Breast Cancer Patients by Haghighat Shahpar, Akbari Atieh, Ansari Maryam, Homaei Shandiz Fatemeh, Najafi Massoome, Ebrahimi Mandana, Yunesian Masud, Mirzaei Hamid Reza, Akbari Mohammad Esmaeil

“…Background. Lymphedema secondary to breast cancer treatment is a common and serious problem for disease survivors. …”
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Physiological Stimulation of the Synthesis of Preelastic Fibers in the Dermis of a Patient with Fibrosis by Jose Maria Pereira de Godoy, Lívia Maria Pereira de Godoy, Maria de Fatima Guerreiro Godoy, Dalisio de Santi Neto

“…A clinical study was conducted involving the analysis of histological changes in preelastic fibers following treatment for stage II primary lymphedema for the clinical reversal of lymphedema and fibrosis. …”
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Elephantiasis and Directed Occupational Rehabilitation by Jose Maria Pereira de Godoy, Henrique Jose Pereira de Godoy, Ana Carolina Pereira de Godoy, Maria de Fátima Guerreiro Godoy

“…Elephantiasis can be cured, although lymphedema cannot. The cure of elephantiasis depends on maintaining the treatment of lymphedema after normalization or near normalization. …”
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Design and Development of a Telerehabilitation Self-Management Program for Persons with Chronic Lower Limb Swelling and Mobility Limitations: Preliminary Evidence by Becky L. Faett, Mary Jo Geyer, Leslie A. Hoffman, David M. Brienza

“…Without successful self-management, lymphedema and its related complications inevitably worsen. …”
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Lipedema: Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management by Hatan Hisham Mortada, Abdulmalek W. Alhithlool, Nouf Z. AlBattal, Rashika K. Shetty, Ghaleb A. AL-Mekhlafi, Joon Pio Hong, Feras Alshomer

“…Lipedema is an adipose tissue disorder that principally affects women and is frequently misidentified as obesity or lymphedema. There have been relatively few studies that have precisely defined the pathogenesis, epidemiology, and treatment approaches for lipedema. …”
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Lipolymphedema Associated with Idiopathic Cyclic Edema: A Therapeutic Approach by Jose Maria Pereira de Godoy, Henrique Jose Pereira de Godoy, Aline Aparecida de Sene Souza, Ricardo Budtinger Filho, Maria de Fatima Guerreiro Godoy

“…The objective of this study is to report the clinical control of lymphedema associated with idiopathic cyclic edema using calcium dobesilate. …”
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Lymph Drainage of Posttraumatic Edema of Lower Limbs by Ana Carolina Pereira de Godoy, Rodrigo Ocampos Troitino, Maria de Fátima Guerreiro Godoy, José Maria Pereira de Godoy

“…The present study was aimed at evaluating the use of mechanical and manual lymphatic therapy as a treatment for lymphedema resulting from orthopedic surgery that became painful after an episode of erysipelas. …”
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Saphenous Vein Sparing Superficial Inguinal Dissection in Lower Extremity Melanoma by Muhammed Beşir Öztürk, Arzu Akan, Özay Özkaya, Onur Egemen, Ali Rıza Öreroğlu, Turgut Kayadibi, Mithat Akan

“…We have observed the decreased rate of long-term lymphedema in patients undergoing inguinal lymphadenectomy for the lower extremity melanoma. …”
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Living without Lymph Nodes by Martha C. Monroe, K. Roberts, Barbara F. Shea

“…Shea, helps women understand why lymph nodes are important, why sometimes it is necessary to sacrifice them, and recommends measures women can take to prevent or minimize infection and lymphedema after surgery for breast cancer. Includes additional sources of information and acknowledgments. …”
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Living without Lymph Nodes by Martha C. Monroe, K. Roberts, Barbara F. Shea

“…Shea, helps women understand why lymph nodes are important, why sometimes it is necessary to sacrifice them, and recommends measures women can take to prevent or minimize infection and lymphedema after surgery for breast cancer. Includes additional sources of information and acknowledgments. …”
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Bleomycin Sclerotherapy for Severe Symptomatic and Persistent Pelvic Lymphocele by Ana Sofia Fernandes, Antónia Costa, Raquel Mota, Vera Paiva

“…A 72-year-old woman presented with severe symptomatic and refractory lymphocele associated with persistent lower limb lymphedema and recurrent erysipelas. After four CT fluoroscopy scan guided percutaneous catheter drainages, the lymphocele complicated with infection finally resolved with two sessions of bleomycin sclerotherapy. …”
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Down-Turner Syndrome: A Case with Double Monoclonal Chromosomal Abnormality by Gioconda Manassero-Morales, Denisse Alvarez-Manassero, Alfredo Merino-Luna

“…During the neonatal period, the infant presented generalized hypotonia and lymphedema of hands and feet. Karyotype showed 47,X,r(X),+21 [30]. …”
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‘Scrotal “Sack” – A Bag of Worms’: Scrotal Arteriovenous Malformation by Shruti Thakur, Suresh Kumar Thakur, Anupam Jhobta, Charu Smita Thakur

“…Usually diagnosed as scrotal lymphedema clinically, the case has been reported so that the clinician should be aware of this entity as a plausible cause of male infertility and the treatment could be refined and accelerated.…”
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Obesity-Associated Abdominal Elephantiasis by Ritesh Kohli, Vivian Argento, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong

“…Abdominal elephantiasis is an uncommon, but deformative and progressive cutaneous disease caused by chronic lymphedema and recurrent streptococcal or Staphylococcus infections of the abdominal wall. …”
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