Risk of secondary lymphedema in breast cancer survivors is related to serum phospholipid fatty acid desaturation.

Purpose: Secondary lymphedema is a common irreversible side effect of breast cancer surgery. We investigated if risk of secondary lymphedema in breast cancer survivors was related to changes in serum phospholipid fatty acid composition.

Methods: Study subjects were voluntarily recruited into the following three groups: breast cancer survivors who had sentinel lymph node biopsy without lymphedema (SLNB), those who had auxillary lymph node dissection without lymphedema (ALND), and those who had ALND with lymphedema (ALND + LE).

Serum fibronectin 1 and ApoE levels increase with risk of lymphedema in Korean breast cancer survivors.

Purpose: Lymphedema is an irreversible disorder often seen as a postoperative side effect in breast cancer survivors. We aimed to identify serum factors that are associated with lymphedema risk in breast cancer survivors.

Methods: This study recruited 60 volunteer breast cancer survivors.

Beneficial effects of soy milk and fiber on high cholesterol diet-induced alteration of gut microbiota and inflammatory gene expression in rats.

We sought to evaluate whether a soy milk and fiber mixture could improve high cholesterol diet-induced changes in gut microbiota and inflammation. Sprague-Dawley rats were administered four different diets: CTRL (AIN76A diet), CHOL (AIN76A with 1% (w/w) cholesterol), SOY (CHOL diet, 20% of which was substituted with freeze-dried soy milk), or S.FIBER (SOY diet with 1.