Prognostic factors for lymphedema after primary treatment of breast carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1783-1787

  Herd Smith, Andrea ^a   Russo, Antonio ^a   Muraca, Maria Grazia ^a   Del Turco, Marco Rosselli ^a   Cardona, Gaetano ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arm lymphedema; Breast neoplasms; Radiotherapy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035477331     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20011001)92:7<1783::AID-CNCR1694>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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