Lymphedema in a cohort of breast carcinoma survivors 20 years after diagnosis

Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1368-1377

  Petrek, Jeanne A ^a   Senie, Ruby T ^b   Peters, Margaret ^a   Peterrosen, Paul ^c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Columbia   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary dissection; Breast carcinoma; Incidence; Infection; Injury; Leisure activities; Lymphedema; Mastectomy; Occupation; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0035883641     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010915)92:6<1368::AID-CNCR1459>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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