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Workgroup III
Author(s) -
Rockson Stanley G.,
Miller Linda T.,
Senie Ruby,
Brennan Michael J.,
CasleySmith Judith R.,
Földi Ethel,
Földi Michael,
Gamble Gail L.,
Kasseroller Renato G.,
Leduc Albert,
Lerner Robert,
Mortimer Peter S.,
Norman Sandra A.,
Plotkin Chester L.,
RinehartAyres Margaret E.,
Walder Arnold L.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19981215)83:12b+<2882::aid-cncr45>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - workgroup , medicine , gynecology , family medicine , computer science , computer network
The purpose of this workshop was to derive a consensus statement regarding the diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema following breast carcinoma therapy. There was consensus on the importance of the patient's subjective presentation with early changes; the importance of early management of patients during the first months after breast carcinoma therapy; and the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to the therapy of lymphedema, with differentiation among those modalities that achieve volume reduction of the involved limb from those that maintain long term beneficial therapeutic effects.