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Perceptions in Reproductive Medicine

Risk Reduction Strategies for Breast-Cancer Related Lymphedema in Democratic Republic of the Congo: Narrative Review

  • open or close Jacques Lukenze Tamuzi1*, Jean Paul Muambangu Milambo2, Valery Kazadi Tshilombo3 and Leonidas N dayisaba4

    1Department of Health Systems and Public Health, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

    2Department of Pathology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

    3Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

    4Department of Respiratory Intensive Care, Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa

    *Corresponding author: Jacques Lukenze Tamuzi, Division of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

Submission: March 22, 2018;Published: May 31, 2018

DOI: 10.31031/PRM.2018.02.000532

ISSN: 2640-9666
Volume2 Issue2

Abstract

Breast Cancer Related Lymphedema (BCRL) is a significant long-term co morbidity associated with (BC) management. BCRL impacts significantly on physical, psychosocial and economic implications of BC survivors, as a result of lymphatic system dysfunction related to breast injury. Many modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for BCRL were identified in literature; these have contributed to cure progress and advanced knowledge on BCRL diagnosis and management at clinical stage. However, most of these studies were conducted in developed countries with limited information on such predictors and successful management strategies within African settings. Therefore, this review was conducted to summarize the available evidence on BCRL risk factors, incidence and management pathway in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Keywords: Breast cancer; Lymphedema; Democratic republic of the congo

Abbreviations: BIS: Bioimpedance Spectrometry; BCRL: Breast Cancer Related Lymphoedema; CDT: Complex Decongestive Therapy; DRC: Democratic Republic of the Congo, LE: Lymphoedema; MLD: Manual Lymphatic Drainage; MSEP: Medically Supervised Exercises program; ISL: International Society of Lymphology; HRQOL: Health Related Quality of Life; QOL: Quality of Life; ROM: Range of Motility

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