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HCRC Co-Director Presents Lymphedema Study Findings at International Conference
Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 8, 2004) - Dr. Jane Armer, co-director of the Health Communication Research Center, presented her paper “Post-Breast Cancer Lymphedema: The First 12 Months” at the National Lymphedema Network (NLN) biennial scientific conference Oct. 19-24, 2004.
The paper was based on the first 12 months of findings from a National Institute of Health-funded grant (NIH R01 NR05432-03 2001-06) on which Armer is the principal investigator. More than 550 scientists and practitioners in lymphology from around the world attended the conference, which featured the latest scientific research findings in lymphology from genetic and basic science research through clinical research.
Armer’s research paper reported findings of lymphedema prevalence using four methods of assessing lymphedema or limb swelling following cancer treatment. Among the criteria used to assess presence of lymphedema were: circumferential differences in limb girth, limb volume differences, percent limb volume change, and symptom self-report. The discrepancies in lymphedema incidence and prevalence reported in the scientific literature are likely based on inconsistent measurement criteria, unreliability of certain measures, and differences in timepoints for lymphedema assessment.
Armer also served as the conference’s scientific program chair, organized two instructional sessions on research and grant writing and with colleagues conducted a “Meet the Professor” session for attendees.
Armer, a nurse scientist, serves on the NLN Medical Advisory Committee (MAC), chairs the NLN-MAC research committee, and is associate professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia Sinclair School of Nursing and director of Nursing Research at the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center.
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