title: Why and how post-mastectomy edema should be quantified in patients with breast cancer.
abstract: In the present study, we advocate quantifying post-mastectomy edema in patients with breast cancer in millilitres and not in centimetre, contrarily to the usual routine practice. The water displacement and perimetric quantification methods exhibited both excellent reproducibility with an intraclass correlation coefficient > 0.99 and an accuracy coefficient < 0.3%.
authors.affiliation: Saint Antoine Faculty (Paris), Paris VI University, Tenon Hospital, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Galland
authors.forename: Jean François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Auvert
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flahault
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vayssairat
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D004487:Edema / Q000145:classification* / Q000209:etiology*; D023381:Endpoint Determination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water