Microsurgery to prevent arm swelling after breast cancer treatment
Part of Blood & lymphatic, Cancer, Skin clinical trials.
This study tests a surgical procedure (called supermicrosurgical lymphaticovenous anastomosis, or LVA) that connects tiny lymph vessels to nearby veins. The goal is to prevent arm swelling (lymphedema) in women with breast cancer who are having lymph nodes removed and radiation therapy.
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Who can take part
- You must be 18 years or older.
- You must be female.
- You must have breast cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes under your arm (confirmed by biopsy).
- Your cancer must be only on one side (unilateral).
- You must be scheduled to have all the lymph nodes under your arm removed (axillary lymph node dissection) and also have radiation therapy after surgery.
- You must not have any distant spread (metastasis) of the cancer.
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