Lymphangiogenesis and metastatic spread of breast cancer

Al-Rawi, Mahir A.; Jiang, Wei

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-5867-7_11

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“…The increase in arterial flow observed in the contralateral axilla can be justified by the physiological analysis of new lymphatic and blood vessel formations, since the appearance of new lymphatic vessels is always secondary to the formation of new blood capillaries [54,55].…”

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Change in blood flow velocity demonstrated by Doppler ultrasound in upper limb after axillary dissection surgery for the treatment of breast cancer

Matheus

Guirro

2011

Breast Cancer Res Treat

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the arterial and venous blood flow in women who underwent upper limb axillary dissection surgery for the treatment of breast cancer. Sixty women were divided into two groups: group 1 (G1)--30 women who underwent breast surgery with axillary dissection level II or III (55.6 ± 8.6 years); group 2 (G2)--control, 30 women with no breast cancer (57.4 ± 7.0 years). Blood flow profile was evaluated by a continuous wave ultrasound Doppler device (Nicolet Vascular Versalab SE) with an 8 MHz probe. Axillary, brachial arteries and veins, arm circumference, volumes, and the ankle-brachial index (ABI) were examined. Wilcoxon test and Mann-Whitney tests were applied to analyze blood flow velocity intra-group and between G1 and G2, respectively. The G1 results showed no lymphedema and no peripheral arterial disease (ABI > 0.9). Moreover, the mean blood flow velocity of the vessels ipsilateral to the surgery was significantly higher than the contralateral ones for all vessels examined (P < 0.05). The mean velocity of blood flow of the vessels contralateral to surgery was significantly higher than the axillary artery in G2 (P < 0.05). It can be concluded that women who underwent axillary dissection due to breast cancer showed probable stenosis in the arterial and venous axillary and brachial vessels of the upper limb ipsilateral to the surgery, confirmed by the increase of blood flow velocity, and such obstruction might affect the limb contralateral to the operation site.

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