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

Eunjung Ryu; Seung Yun Yim; Hyun Ju Do; Jae Young Lim; Eun Joo Yang; Min Jeong Shin; Seung Min Lee

doi:10.1007/s00520-016-3197-z

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

Eunjung Ryu, Seung Yun Yim, Hyun Ju Do, Jae Young Lim, Eun Joo Yang, Min Jeong Shin, Seung Min Lee

Department of Food and Nutrition

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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). Body mass index (BMI), serum lipid profiles, bioimpedance data with single-frequency bioimpedance analysis (SFBIA), and serum phospholipid compositions were analyzed and compared among the groups. Results: BMI, serum total cholesterol (total-C), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and SFBIA ratios increased only in the ALND + LE. High polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and high C20:4 to C18:2 n-6 PUFAs (arachidonic acid [AA]/linoleic acid [LA]) was detected in the ALND and ALND + LE groups compared to SLNB. The ALND + LE group showed increased activity indices for delta 6 desaturase (D6D) and D5D and increased ratio of AA to eicosapentaenoic acid (AA/EPA) compared to the ALND and SLNB groups. Correlation and regression analysis indicated that D6D, D5D, and AA/EPA were associated with SFBIA ratios. Conclusion: We demonstrated that breast cancer survivors with lymphedema had elevated total PUFAs, fatty acid desaturase activity indices, and AA/EPA in serum phospholipids. Our findings suggested that desaturation extent of fatty acid composition might be related to the risk of secondary lymphedema in breast cancer survivors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3767-3774
Number of pages	8
Journal	Supportive Care in Cancer
Volume	24
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-016-3197-z
Publication status	Published - 2016 Sep 1

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This research was financially supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea grant funded by the Korean government (MSIP; No. 2014R1A2A2A01006008).

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

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