"Breast Cancer Lymphedema" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Abnormal accumulation of lymph in the arm, shoulder and breast area associated with surgical treatment (e.g., MASTECTOMY) or radiation treatment of breast cancer.
| Descriptor ID |
D000072656
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C15.604.496.160 C23.550.767.082
|
| Concept/Terms |
Breast Cancer Lymphedema- Breast Cancer Lymphedema
- Breast Cancer Lymphedemas
- Lymphedema, Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer Treatment-Related Lymphedema
- Breast Cancer Treatment Related Lymphedema
- Breast Cancer-Related Arm Lymphedema
- Breast Cancer Related Arm Lymphedema
- Breast Cancer Related Lymphedema
Postmastectomy Lymphedema- Postmastectomy Lymphedema
- Lymphedema, Postmastectomy
- Lymphedemas, Postmastectomy
- Postmastectomy Lymphedemas
- Post-mastectomy Lymphedema
- Lymphedema, Post-mastectomy
- Post mastectomy Lymphedema
- Post-mastectomy Lymphedemas
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Breast Cancer Lymphedema".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Breast Cancer Lymphedema".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Breast Cancer Lymphedema" by people in this website by year, and whether "Breast Cancer Lymphedema" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Breast Cancer Lymphedema" by people in Profiles.
-
Campbell AC, Baik JE, Sarker A, Brown S, Park HJ, Kuonqui KG, Shin J, Pollack BL, Roberts A, Ashokan G, Rubin J, Kataru RP, Dayan JH, Barrio AV, Mehrara BJ. Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema Results in Impaired Epidermal Differentiation and Tight Junction Dysfunction. J Invest Dermatol. 2025 Jan; 145(1):85-97.e4.
-
Brunelle CL, Barrio AV, Taghian AG. Letter to editor re: Shah et al.: "The impact of monitoring techniques on progression to chronic breast cancer-related lymphedema: a meta-analysis comparing bioimpedance spectroscopy versus circumferential measurements". Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2021 02; 186(1):271-272.
-
Barrio AV, Brunelle C, Morrow M, Taghian AG. Letter to Editor re: Ridner et al.: "A Randomized Trial Evaluating Bioimpedance Spectroscopy Versus Tape Measurement for the Prevention of Lymphedema Following Treatment for Breast Cancer: Interim Analysis". Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 12; 26(Suppl 3):863-864.