Lymphoedema of the arm after primary treatment of breast cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3 C, 1998, Pages 2235-2236

  Schünemann, Heinrich ^a   Willich, Norman ^b  

^a Klinik Bad Trissl   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arm; Breast cancer; Lymphoedema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MASTECTOMY, RADICAL; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 0031864872     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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