Why and How Post-Mastectomy Edema should be Quantified in Patients with Breast Cancer Christophe Galland Saint Antoine Faculty (Paris), Paris VI University, Tenon Hospital, Paris, France Jean François Auvert Saint Antoine Faculty (Paris), Paris VI University, Tenon Hospital, Paris, France Antoine Flahault Saint Antoine Faculty (Paris), Paris VI University, Tenon Hospital, Paris, France Michel Vayssairat Saint Antoine Faculty (Paris), Paris VI University, Tenon Hospital, Paris, France; Tel.: +33-1-56017974; Fax: +33-1-56017975; E-mail: michel.vayssairat@tnn.ap-hop-paris.fr Abstract In the present study, we advocate quantifying post-mastectomy edema in patients with breast cancer in millilitres and not in centimetre, contrarily to the usual routine practice. The water displacement and perimetric quantification methods exhibited both excellent reproducibility with an intraclass correlation coefficient > 0.99 and an accuracy coefficient. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 75 (1): 87-89, September 2002 Copyright © 2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers All rights reserved Remember we are NOT Doctors and have NO medical training. This site is like an Encylopedia - there are many pages, many links on many topics. Support our work with any size DONATION - see left side of any page - for how to donate. You can help raise awareness of CAM.