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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2017 Aug 20;166(3):793–808. doi: 10.1007/s10549-017-4454-7

Table 2.

Limited Range of Motion

None A little Quite a bit Very Much p-value (little+) p-value (quite a bit+)

POST OP Overall LROM (N=320) 157 (49.1%) 125 (39.1%) 31 (9.7%) 7 (2.2%)

Vs Arm (N=320) 0.929 0.698
 CMF (Cyclophosphamide, Methotrexate and Fluorouracil) (N=67) 33 (49.3%) 28 (41.8%) 5 (7.5%) 1 (1.5%)
 AC (Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide) (N=99) 50 (50.5%) 36 (36.4%) 11 (11.1%) 2 (2.0%)
 Capecitabine (N=154) 74 (48.1%) 61 (39.6%) 15 (9.7%) 4 (2.6%)

Vs Most Extensive Surgery (N=318) 0.034 0.480
 Breast Conserving Surgery (N=143) 80 (55.9%) 48 (33.6%) 14 (9.8%) 1 (0.7%)
 Full Mastectomy (N=175) 77 (44.0%) 75 (42.9%) 17 (9.7%) 6 (3.4%)

Vs Axillary Dissection (N=320) <0.001 0.466
 No (N=65) 48 (73.8%) 11 (16.9%) 6 (9.2%) 0 (0%)
 Yes (N=255) 109 (42.7%) 114 (44.7%) 25 (9.8%) 7 (2.7%)

Vs RT (N=299) 0.668 0.938
 No (N=138) 66 (47.8%) 56 (40.6%) 14 (10.1%) 2 (1.4%)
 Yes (N=161) 81 (50.3%) 61 (37.9%) 16 (9.9%) 3 (1.9%)

Vs Number of Nodes Examined (N=313) <0.001 0.871
 0-3 (N=49) 35 (71.4%) 9 (18.4%) 5 (10.2%) 0 (0%)
 4-7 (N=53) 32 (60.4%) 15 (28.3%) 6 (11.3%) 0 (0%)
 8+ (N=211) 85 (40.3%) 99 (46.9%) 20 (9.5%) 7 (3.3%)

AT 12 MONTHS Overall LROM (N=259) 179 (69.1%) 63 (24.3%) 14 (5.4%) 3 (1.2%)

Vs Arm (N=259) 0.779 0.666
 CMF (Cyclophosphamide, Methotrexate and Fluorouracil) (N=54) 36 (66.7%) 15 (27.8%) 2 (3.7%) 1 (1.9%)
 AC (Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide) (N=82) 59 (72.0%) 19 (23.2%) 4 (4.9%) 0 (0%)
 Capecitabine (N=123) 84 (68.3%) 29 (23.6%) 8 (6.5%) 2 (1.6%)

Vs Most Extensive Surgery (N=257) 0.339 0.417
 Breast Conserving Surgery (N=117) 85 (72.6%) 26 (22.2%) 5 (4.3%) 1 (0.9%)
 Full Mastectomy (N=140) 94 (67.1%) 35 (25.0%) 9 (6.4%) 2 (1.4%)

Vs Axillary Dissection (N=259) 0.160 0.730
 No (N=56) 43 (76.8%) 9 (16.1%) 4 (7.1%) 0 (0%)
 Yes (N=203) 136 (67.0%) 54 (26.6%) 10 (4.9%) 3 (1.4%)

Vs RT (N=245) 0.796 0.467
 No (N=109) 77 (70.6%) 26 (23.9%) 5 (4.6%) 1 (0.9%)
 Yes (N=136) 94 (69.1%) 32 (23.5%) 8 (5.9%) 2 (1.5%)

Vs Number of Nodes Examined (N=254) 0.536 0.904
 0-3 (N=44) 33 (75.0%) 9 (20.5%) 2 (4.5%) 0 (0%)
 4-7 (N=39) 25 (64.1%) 11 (28.2%) 3 (7.7%) 0 (0%)
 8+ (N=171) 116 (67.8%) 43 (25.1%) 9 (5.3%) 3 (1.8%)

AT 24 MONTHS Overall LROM (N=240) 190 (79.1%) 39 (16.3%) 8 (3.3%) 3 (1.3%)

Vs Arm (N=240) 0.096 0.120
 CMF (Cyclophosphamide, Methotrexate and Fluorouracil) (N=49) 35 (71.4%) 10 (20.4%) 3 (6.1%) 1 (2.0%)
 AC (Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide) (N=83) 63 (75.9%) 15 (18.1%) 4 (4.8%) 1 (1.2%)
 Capecitabine (N=108) 92 (85.2%) 14 (13.0%) 1 (0.9%) 1 (0.9%)

Vs Most Extensive Surgery (N=238) 0.028 0.234
 Breast Conserving Surgery (N=108) 93 (86.1%) 12 (11.1%) 3 (2.8%) 0 (0%)
 Full Mastectomy (N=130) 97 (74.6%) 25 (19.2%) 5 (3.8%) 3 (2.3%)

Vs Axillary Dissection (N=240) 0.748 0.862
 No (N=52) 42 (80.8%) 8 (15.4%) 2 (3.8%) 0 (0%)
 Yes (N=188) 148 (78.7%) 31 (16.5%) 6 (3.2%) 3 (1.6%)

Vs RT (N=226) 0.691 0.292
 No (N=100) 78 (78.0%) 19 (19.0%) 3 (3.0%) 0 (0%)
 Yes (N=126) 101 (80.2%) 18 (14.3%) 5 (4.0%) 2 (1.6%)

Vs Number of Nodes Examined (N=236) 0.465 0.832
 0-3 (N=41) 34 (82.9%) 6 (14.6%) 1 (2.4%) 0 (0%)
 4-7 (N=39) 33 (84.6%) 4 (10.3%) 0 (0%) 2 (5.1%)
 8+ (N=156) 120 (76.9%) 28 (18.0%) 7 (4.5%) 1 (0.6%)