Which patients with arm oedema are helped by intermittent external pneumatic compression therapy.
Twenty-two breast cancer patients with arm oedema answered a questionnaire to assess the efficacy of intermittent pneumatic compression therapy. Ten patients found the treatment useful, 12 were disappointed. A number of factors were analysed to find out whether it is possible to predict the outcome of treatment.
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Bristol Radiotherapy and Oncology Centre.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001132:Arm; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011312:Pressure; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires