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2. Lymphedema - Wikipedia

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   The incidence of angiosarcoma five years after radical mastectomy is estimated to be 0.45% in surviving patients. [5] [6] Lymphedema is also associated with a low grade form of cancer called retiform hemangioendothelioma (a low grade angiosarcoma). [7] Lymphedema can be disfiguring, and may result in a poor body image and psychological distress ...

3. Post-mastectomy pain syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Post-mastectomy pain syndrome is a chronic neuropathic pain that usually manifests as continuous pain in the arm, axilla, chest wall, and breast region. [3] Pain is most likely to start after surgery, [3] although adjuvant therapy, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy, may sometimes cause new symptoms to appear. [4]

4. Stewart–Treves syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Angiosarcoma is found to occur in 0.07% to 0.45% of people who survive at least 5 years after a radical mastectomy.Although the majority of Stewart-Treves syndrome-related angiosarcomas are caused by post-mastectomy lymphedema, angiosarcoma development has been linked to persistent lymphedema of any origin.

5. Working Out After A Mastectomy Can Help Patients Heal ... - AOL

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   Sam underwent her own double mastectomy in February 2023, following a stage one breast cancer diagnosis. And just like with Kara, Sam was sent home with scant information about how to get back ...

6. Why Kathy Bates decided not to have reconstruction surgery ...

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   Kathy Bates is opening up about her decision to forgo reconstruction surgery after undergoing a double mastectomy following a 2012 breast cancer diagnosis.. The "Matlock" star, 76, explained on ...

7. Lymphangiosarcoma - Wikipedia

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   Because of this change in clinical practice lymphedema is now a rarity following breast cancer treatment—and post-mastectomy lymphangiosarcoma is now vanishingly rare. When it occurs following mastectomy it is known as Stewart–Treves syndrome. The pathogenesis of lymphangiosarcoma has not been resolved, however several vague mechanisms have ...