Frequency and associated factors of axillary web syndrome in women who had undergone breast cancer surgery: a transversal and retrospective study

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Table 2 Distribution of information related to the tumor and treatment of breast cancer of 97 women according to the presence and absence of AWS (cords)-Cancer Hospital of Pernambuco – December 2011-July 2012

Variables related to the tumor and treatment	AWS (cords)				Total (n=97)		P Value
	Present (n=28)		Absent (n=69)		Total (n=97)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Mamary lateralization							0.701^†
Right	13	46.43	35	50.72	48	49.49
Left	15	53.57	34	49.28	49	50.51
Clinical stage of the breast cancer at the time of diagnosis							0.910^†
Initial	19	67.86	46	66.67	65	67.01
Advanced	9	32.14	23	33.33	32	32.99
Type of surgery^‡							0.856^†
Modificed radical mastectomy	20	71.43	49	71.01	69	71.13
Quadrantectomy with axillary dissection	5	17.86	9	13.04	14	14.43
Mastectomy with examination of SLN	3	10.71	6	8.70	9	9.28
Quadrantectomy with examination of SLN	-	-	5	7.25	5	5.16
Non-surgerical therapy^¶							0.791^†
Not started	15	53.57	39	56.52	54	55.67
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy	8	28.57	13	18.84	21	21.65
Adjuvant chemotherapy	5	17.86	17	24.64	21	21.68
Adjuvant radiotherapy	3	11.1	9	13.0	12	12.5

Legend: * - For the variables were considered, exclusively, the examination of the sentinal lymph node and axillary dissection.
P Value calculated by: * Fisher exact test; ^† - chi-squared test.
^‡ - Chi-squared test comparing modified mastectomy to quandrantectomy with axillary dissection.
^¶ - Percentages calculated based on the total number of patients of each group, as the same patient may undergo more than one treatment.