TY - JOUR T1 - Whole-body Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Assessing Upper-limb Lymphedema After Breast Cancer Therapy JF - Anticancer Research JO - Anticancer Res SP - 4553 LP - 4556 VL - 33 IS - 10 AU - SEBASTIAN BERLIT AU - JOACHIM BRADE AU - BENJAMIN TUSCHY AU - AMADEUS HORNEMANN AU - HANS LEWELING AU - VANESSA EGHARDT AU - MARC SÜTTERLIN Y1 - 2013/10/01 UR - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/33/10/4553.abstract N2 - Aim: The purpose of this prospective study was to evaluate single-frequency whole-body bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) as a predictor for the onset of edema of the upper limb in patients undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Materials and Methods: Whole-body BIA was performed before surgery, as well as at two days, and one, three, six and twelve months after surgery. Results: Sixty women undergoing breast cancer surgery were examined, with loss of follow-up of 18 patients. Seven patients (14.3%) developed an edema of the upper limb within the first 12 months after surgery. Resistance (R) using whole-body BIA showed a fairly good performance in terms of sensitivity (85.71%) and specificity (97.4%) at predicting edema. The positive predictive value of 54.6% was unsatisfactory, whereas the negative predictive value was 97.4%. Conclusion: Resistance in whole-body BIA can be used to rule-out a developing edema of the upper limb. ER -