Specific objective of this study is effect of symbiotic supplementation on antioxidant capacity in breast cancer-related lymphedema. Method: randomized, double blind, placebo controlled, single center trial.
Participants: Women with breast cancer-related lymphedema.
Inclusion criteria: women with unilateral breast cancer related lymphedema, breast cancer lymphedema in stage 2, Age range 18-60, BMI = 25 - 35 Kg.m2, At least one month has passed since the last treatment such as radiotherapy.
Exclusion criteria: Cancer recurrence during the study, Failure to follow the weight loss diet, Consumption of food and supplements containing probiotics during the study, Diseases leading to edema such as renal, cardiopulmonary and during the study, Metastasis, Consumption less than 56 capsules. Sample size of this study is 88 persons (44 persons per group). Intervention in this study is consumption of synbiotic supplement consists of (Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus Rhamnosus, Lactobacillus Bulgaricus, Bifidobacterium breve, Bifidobacterium langum, Streptococcus thermophilus + Fructooligosacharide) microbal population : 1010 CFU.gr and 5.38 mg Fructooligosaccharide, once daily for 10 weeks in breast cancer survivors with low calorie diet. Primary outcome of this study are change in Superoxide Dismutase and Malondialdehyde and secondary outcomes are change in Total Antioxidant Capacity and Glutathione Peroxidase.