Evolutionary aspects of non-metastatic breast cancer after primary treatment in a sub-Saharan African setting: a 16-year retrospective review at the Douala general hospital, Cameroon

Table 6 Time interval between initial treatment and occurrence of various sequelae

Variable	Period (months)	Frequency(Percentage of total)
Arm edema	<12	10(58.8)
	12–24	4(23.5)
	25–36	3(17.6)
		*17(100)*
Lung fibrosis	<6	2(50)
	6–12	1(25)
	>12	1(25)
		*4(100)*
Radiodermatitis	7	*1(100)*
Lung telangiectasia	24	*1(100)*
Nervous plexopathy	12	*1(100)*
Skin fibrosis	12	*1(100)*
Rib fracture	24	*1(100)*

The entries in boldface/italics represent the total case files for which information on the relevant variable was available

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