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Management of Chemotherapy Infusion Extravasation in Breast Cancer

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Chemotherapy extravasation is a devastating complication for a patient undergoing breast cancer treatment. It causes extreme pain and suffering for the patient and is a vexing problem for the treating clinician. The goal of treatment is to restore the chemotherapy schedule and prevent any long term complications. This chapter summaries the management of chemotherapy extravasation, it begins with recognising the signs, severity and agents of extravasation and further elaborates pharmacological, non-pharmacological and surgical treatment of the same. In conclusion, the authors provide a flow chart which is easy to follow in order to administer timely and appropriate treatment of this condition.

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  1. Director and Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai, India

    Prabha Yadav MS

  2. Former Professor and Head, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Prabha Yadav MS

  3. Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Saumya Mathews MS, MCh

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  3. Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India

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Yadav, P., Mathews, S. (2022). Management of Chemotherapy Infusion Extravasation in Breast Cancer. In: Sharma, S.C., Mazumdar, A., Kaushik, R. (eds) Breast Cancer. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4546-4_26

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