Skin reactions after breast-conserving therapy and prediction of late complications using physiological functions

Breast Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 142-148

  Sekine, Hiroshi ^a   Kobayashi, Masao ^a   Honda, Chikara ^a   Aoki, Manabu ^a   Nakagawa, Masayuki ^a   Kanehira, Chihiro ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast conserving treatment; Skin reaction; Sweat gland; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; THERMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034565239     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02967446     Document Type: Article

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