Early diagnosis of lymphedema in postsurgery breast cancer patients

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 904, Issue , 2000, Pages 571-575

  Cornish, B H ^a   Chapman, M ^a   Thomas, B J ^a   Ward, L C ^b   Bunce, I H ^c   Hirst, C ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Wesley Clinic for Hematology and Oncology   (Australia)

^d 451 Coronation Drive   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

EID: 0034096247     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06518.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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