Dec 8th NYC lecture: origins of lymphedema

KS1 · November 2010

My husband said he heard an advertisement for a lymphedema lecture while listening to NPR a few days ago. When I recovered from my amazement, I checked MSKCC's website, and sure enough, there is a lecture listed. I'm thinking about going. Is anyone else interested? If so, maybe we could meet up.

Here is the info from MSKCC's website:

Research in the Origins of LymphedemaWednesday December 8, 2010
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Category:Living Beyond Cancer
Type:Lecture
Summary:Dr. Mehrara will discuss his lymphedema research and latest findings on the possible origins of lymphedema and implications for future treatments.
Sponsor:Post-Treatment Resource Program
Speaker(s):Babak J. Mehrara, MD
Associate Attending Surgeon
Department of Surgery
Audience:This program is for people who have been treated for cancer. No observers, please, without prior approval.
Location:Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Rockefeller Research Laboratories
430 East 67th Street
Room RRL-116
New York, NY 10065
Contact:You must register to attend. To register and for more information, please call 646-888-4740.
Phone:646-888-4740
E-mail:ptrp@mskcc.org

OneBadBoob · November 2010

I am planning on being there, KS1.

Have you been to any of the MSKCC LE support group meetings before? I have been to several and have found them to be very disappointing insofar as the information provided, but I will be there.

KS1 · November 2010

I've never been to a MSKCC LE support group. (I've never met anyone with LE. Heck, even in the waiting room of LE Tx offices, I have never even seen anyone who was wearing a sleeve or had an arm wrapped or obvious arm swelling.) This talk sounds like it is going to be research oriented, so maybe it will be interesting. I've read abstracts for some of his papers, and it is interesting stuff -KS1

Lunakin · November 2010

Looks like s/he does a lot of research into lymphedema and LE after surgery and into reconstructive surgery. I just did a PubMed search for all research articles authored or co-autored by Dr. Babak Mehrara. Here is what turned up for just 2010 alone:

1. Patient satisfaction with postmastectomy breast reconstruction: a comparison of saline and silicone implants.

McCarthy CM, Klassen AF, Cano SJ, Scott A, Vanlaeken N, Lennox PA, Alderman AK, Mehrara BJ, Disa JJ, Cordeiro PG, Pusic AL.

Cancer. 2010 Nov 8. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 21061304 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related citations

2. Blockade of Transforming Growth Factor-{beta}1 Accelerates Lymphatic Regeneration during Wound Repair.

Avraham T, Daluvoy S, Zampell J, Yan A, Haviv YS, Rockson SG, Mehrara BJ.

Am J Pathol. 2010 Nov 5. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 21056998 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related citations

3.Indications and outcomes for mandibular reconstruction using sequential bilateral fibula flaps.

Matros E, Schwarz GS, Mehrara BJ, Hu QY, Cordeiro PG, Disa JJ.

Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Nov;126(5):1539-47.PMID: 21042111 [PubMed - in process]Related citations

4. p21cip/WAF is a key regulator of long-term radiation damage in mesenchyme-derived tissues.

Mehrara BJ, Avraham T, Soares M, Fernandez JG, Yan A, Zampell JC, Andrade VP, Cordeiro AP, Sorrento CM.

FASEB J. 2010 Aug 18. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20720160 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related citations

5. Radiation therapy causes loss of dermal lymphatic vessels and interferes with lymphatic function by TGF-beta1-mediated tissue fibrosis.

Avraham T, Yan A, Zampell JC, Daluvoy SV, Haimovitz-Friedman A, Cordeiro AP, Mehrara BJ.

Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2010 Sep;299(3):C589-605. Epub 2010 Jun 2.PMID: 20519446 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related citations

6. Acellular human dermis implantation in 153 immediate two-stage tissue expander breast reconstructions: determining the incidence and significant predictors of complications.

Antony AK, McCarthy CM, Cordeiro PG, Mehrara BJ, Pusic AL, Teo EH, Arriaga AF, Disa JJ.

Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Jun;125(6):1606-14.PMID: 20517083 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related citations

7. Tissue expander breast reconstruction is not associated with an increased risk of lymphedema.

Avraham T, Daluvoy SV, Riedel ER, Cordeiro PG, Van Zee KJ, Mehrara BJ.

Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 Nov;17(11):2926-32. Epub 2010 May 25.PMID: 20499284 [PubMed - in process]Related citations

8. Influence of the recipient vessel on fat necrosis after breast reconstruction with a free transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap.

Kropf N, Macadam SA, McCarthy C, Disa JJ, Pusic AL, Da Lio A, Crisera C, Mehrara BJ.

Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg. 2010 Apr;44(2):96-101.PMID: 20465509 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related citations

9. Reconstruction of extensive composite posterolateral mandibular defects using nonosseous free tissue transfer.

Mosahebi A, Chaudhry A, McCarthy CM, Disa JJ, Mehrara BJ, Pusic AL, Hu Q, Cordeiro PG.

Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Nov;124(5):1571-7.PMID: 20009843 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related citations

10. Nipple-sparing mastectomy and immediate tissue expander/implant breast reconstruction.

Chen CM, Disa JJ, Sacchini V, Pusic AL, Mehrara BJ, Garcia-Etienne CA, Cordeiro PG.

Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Dec;124(6):1772-80.PMID: 19952633 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related citations

11. Vascular endothelial growth factor inhibits bone morphogenetic protein 2 expression in rat mesenchymal stem cells.

Schönmeyr BH, Soares M, Avraham T, Clavin NW, Gewalli F, Mehrara BJ.

Tissue Eng Part A. 2010 Feb;16(2):653-62.PMID: 19754224 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related citations

KS1 · December 2010

If you are planning on attending the MSKCC LE lecture tomorrow and are interested in getting together before/after the lecture, send me a private message or post to the bb. KS1

cookiegal · December 2010

sorry I can not be there....on the road for work...but I hope there is some useful info

Dec 8th NYC lecture: origins of lymphedema

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