Delayed cellulitis associated with conservative therapy for breast cancer

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 242-245

  Miller, Steven R ^a   Mondry, Tammy ^a   Reed, Jennifer S ^a   Findley, Andrew ^a   Johnstone, Peter A S ^a,b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conservation therapy; Cellulitis; Lymphedema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLOOD CULTURE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CELLULITIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLORA;

AGED; AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELLULITIS; CLAVULANIC ACID; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DICLOXACILLIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0031967209     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199804)67:4<242::AID-JSO6>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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