{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["40(1)"],"submitter":["Dehn P"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Secondary Lower-Limb Lymphedema (LLL) is a frequent, progressive late effect affecting women after gynaecological cancer treatment, causing swelling due to fluid accumulation in the interstitial spaces in the lower extremities, the lower abdomen, hips and genitals. There is no consensus on how to define and quantify LLL, which makes research on treatment effect difficult. A negative relation between LLL and quality of life has been reported.<h4>Aim</h4>To review the literature concerning the identification and impact of LLL on women's lives after gynaecological cancer, including physical, psycho-social and existential aspects.<h4>Methods</h4>In an integrative review, as described by Whittemore & Knafl, data were thematically analysed.<h4>Results</h4>Forty-one papers publ"],"journal":["Scandinavian journal of caring sciences"],"pagination":["e70189"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12907600"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Impact of Lymphedema on Women's Lives After Gynaecological Cancer: An Integrative Review."],"pmcid":["PMC12907600"],"pubmed_authors":["Sekse RJT","Olesen ML","Rasmussen A","Dehn P","Seibæk L","Thimm AM"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Impact of Lymphedema on Women's Lives After Gynaecological Cancer: An Integrative Review.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Secondary Lower-Limb Lymphedema (LLL) is a frequent, progressive late effect affecting women after gynaecological cancer treatment, causing swelling due to fluid accumulation in the interstitial spaces in the lower extremities, the lower abdomen, hips and genitals. There is no consensus on how to define and quantify LLL, which makes research on treatment effect difficult. A negative relation between LLL and quality of life has been reported.<h4>Aim</h4>To review the literature concerning the identification and impact of LLL on women's lives after gynaecological cancer, including physical, psycho-social and existential aspects.<h4>Methods</h4>In an integrative review, as described by Whittemore & Knafl, data were thematically analysed.<h4>Results</h4>Forty-one papers publ","dates":{"release":"2026-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2026 Mar","modification":"2026-07-15T22:17:39.724Z","creation":"2026-07-09T10:19:42.44Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12907600","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41641822"],"doi":["10.1111/scs.70189"]}}