Profile of the patients after breast cancer surgery with axillary web syndrome
Keywords:
Axillary web syndrome, Breast cancer, Axillary dissectionAbstract
Breast cancer represents the second mostfrequent type of cancer in the world and the one that most causes
death among women. This study aimed at analyzing the profile of patients from the Cancer Hospital of
Pernambuco and from FIR, after a breast cancer surgery with Axillary Web Syndrome (AWS), by means
of medical and physical therapeutic records. Within the 112 evaluated patients from April to October
of 2006, 7.1% presented AWS. The majority presented pain and restriction of movement, and 50%
presented lymphedema. Halfof the patients had a quadrantectomy done, while the remaining ones had
a mastectomy, all of them associated with axillary dissection. In 37.5%, AWS reached the forearm. The
mostfrequent tumor was invasive ductalcarcinoma and staging I and II presentedfrequency of40%. All
patients had chemotherapy done, and 80% of these had associated radiotherapy. Thus, it was concluded
that AWS is a significant post surgicalcomplication, and its symptoms may lead to changes in the patient's
life quality.
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